RE: squirmy suspension

["Crane, Damien" <d3c@TENNANTCO.com>]

Also, when they did the alignment, did they give you specs on the rear,
or just the front?  Since the rear beam is not alignable, they may not
have checked, but that doesn't mean it is straight.  The rear toe/camber
can be off due to a bent beam.  If this is so, the rear wheels will
basically be pointed in two slightly different directions causing the
rear end of the car to want to go slightly different directions
dependent on which rear wheel has most traction at the moment.  If you
feel the car doing this a lot on a rough corner, it is probably related
to the rear alignment.  As Josiah said, it could be rear wheel bearings
causing this so check them first.  

HTH (too)

Damien

> ----------
> From: 	Wm. Josiah Erikson[SMTP:josiah@gsinet.net]
> Sent: 	Sunday, August 23, 1998 10:11 AM
> To: 	Scirocco List
> Subject: 	Re: squirmy suspension
> 
> I would check:
> 
> 1. tire pressures (I usually run somewhere around 30-35psi)
> 2. are you rear wheel bearings loose?
> 3. Maybe you have a slipped belt in one of your tires. If you have a
> spare set,
> change 'em and see if it works better...
> HTH!
>     -Josiah
>     '83 Scirocco (parts car)
>     '84 Rabbit GTi
>     '86 Scirocco 8v
>     '87 QSW
>     http://www.gsinet.net/~josiah
> 
> Kevin Collins wrote:
> 
> > Been meaning to post this for a while and finally getting around
> tuit...
> >
> > The suspension on my '86.5 16V is, well, squirmy.  You know that
> squirm you
> > feel when driving over a metal grille bridge on a motorcycle??
> Kinda feels
> > like that.
> >
> > History: I bought the car a couple of months ago with 98k miles on
> it, with
> > Bilsteins of unknown age and some strange springs that the previous
> owner
> > warned me to ditch pronto, which I did.  I had new H&R's installed
> by
> > VW Specialties.  Ron Wood proclaimed the Bilsteins to be "fine".
> Also had
> > an alignment done and 2 bent rims fixed.  So, all should be well,
> right?
> > It's much better, but it squirms - particularly noticeable on on-
> and
> > offramps.
> > I'm pretty certain it's not the tires, I have decent P700Z's with
> about 50%
> > left on them.  Tire pressure is fine.  It's nothing I can put a
> finger on.
> >
> > Ideas?  Suspension parts of some kind??  I'm systematically making
> this car
> > 100% right and I'd like to get this fixed before moving on to the
> next part
> > of the project (interior & shift linkage bushings).
> >
> > --
> > Kevin Collins
> > Huntington Beach, CA
> > '86.5 Scirocco 16V 2.0
> > '97 GTI VR6
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