Re: front end mystery

[skerocdriver@juno.com (Shawn C Meze)]

On Thu, 24 Dec 1998 00:07:05 -0800 Kevin Collins <kevinc@flashcom.net>
writes:
> I took it in to have it aligned,
>the dude came back from test driving it and said that "it's gonna pull
to the
>right" and that there's nothing he could do about it, nor did he have
any idea
>what might be causing it.  He swapped the tires around and that made no
>difference.  So I drove off, and didn't find that it was pulling either
way,
>at first.  But it WAS very squirrely - it would want to veer in either
direction, 
>kinda on its own.  It will even do this at VERY low speeds, like
sub-5mph in
>parking lots.. the wheel just kinda tugs you over towards one side or
>another.  On the freeway it feels pretty good, in fact you can let go of
>the wheel and it generally stays pretty much on course.


Does it pull right (or left) on accel, and left on decell?
I think what your describing is nibbling. How much negative camber do you
have? 
it sounds like the alignment is fine, the problem could be that your not
used to a car that is very road sensitive. My car nibbles all over the
place at any given time. Doesn't require 2 hands on the wheel but if the
road geometry is just right, it will turn left or right or both for me. 


> Any ideas most
>appreciated.. Potterman is stumped at the moment.  Any of you SoCal 
>boyz are welcome to take it for a spin....


I only got to drive it from the garage to the driveway (12 feet maybe)
and back again. So an actual drive would be fun! (Of course, not as fun
as the Audi A3 20V Turblow last might! SCHWING!!!!


              Shawn Meze
86' Jetta GLi           82' Scirocco GTi
The Fastest, Quickest, Cleanest and
best looking Scirocco in all of San Diego!
http://www.Geocities.com/MotorCity/Speedway/1308/index.htm

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