Re: Fuldas and more

[joshua14@juno.com (Joshua D Johnson)]

On Thu, 14 Aug 1997 15:10:25 EDT skerocdriver@juno.com (SHAWN C MEZE)
writes:
>>  I run Continental conti-sport ch-90 
>> I've had really know problem with them but the size I got 195-60 on 
>>14in. rim scrubs the inside of the wheel well when I make deep turns. 
> 
>
>I think Goodyear makes a good Nascar and Indy tire, but thats about 
>it. I dunno about the passenger car tires they make, not my area of 
>specialty. There are just too many tires out there
>that are much better than anything that Goodyear can put on the street 
>for the money. (Im talking about the small performance tire market, 
>you know, -->US<--.) 
>
>If your making hard turns and your rubbing the tire, you need to 
>either, A) check your allignment. B) replace/upgrade your 
>shocks/struts. C) Possibly add swaybars? D) Replace/upgrade springs? 
>E) slow your ass down in the turns! :)
>
>Heh! it sounds like its just a soft suspension problem. That size tire 
>should work fine. (AFIAK)

I just received my new BOGE ProGas struts (front and rear) so I should
end that soon on the other prob...It only does t when making a left hand
turn, but then thinking about it that's the way I take turns the fastest
and hardest.  I'll check out the other things that you mentioned.  BTW, I
took it to the place I ordered my steering rack from when they replaced
the boots that I had mentioned a little while back and they couldn't find
anything wrong with it while driving it and when I drove it again I
haven't felt it since.  Hmmm?  This however, doesn't mean that the
problem is necessarily gone.

>>Ah..speaking of wheel problems...when I'm driving pretty hard and 
>make 
>>a hard turn to the left I feel what I think is the right tire 
>>straighening out a bit.  Could this be a tie-rod, because I just 
>>changed both sides not to long ago.  Could it be the ball joint?  
>It's 
>>a little un-nerving.
>
>
>Could it be understeer? If the ball joint were loose enough to 
>straighten out while in a turn, it sure as hell should be doing some 
>other wierd things while driving around town or at freeway speeds. 
>Get under the car and yank on a few items and see if you can feel 
>anything loose. (including wheel bearings!) 
>HTH!
>
>
>Shawn Meze
>86' Jetta GLi
>82' Scirocco GTi
>The Fastest, Quickest, Cleanest and
>best looking Scirocco in all of San Diego!
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