Re: handling probs

["Ewan Hopkins" <ewanhopkins@hotmail.com>]

You don't need to adjust both sides - they came from the factory with only 
one side adjustable. You just adjust one side until both wheels are pointing 
in the right direction! If your steering wheel is then out of alignment you 
can straighten it.
Your problem sounds much like the way mine behaves and is probably caused by 
differences in camber between the two front wheels, made worse by the fact 
that the toe-in is probably not ideal.  Unless you can set the camber with 
some degree of accuracy, i.e. on a proper jig or with a home-made jig, or 
you can see an obvious difference in camber, then I'd just leave it as it is 
and readjust your toe setting. If you are doing a shadetree job, a good 
technique is to sight along the face of one rear wheel and move the steering 
wheel until the front wheel is parallel with the rear - a couple of layers 
of plastic under the front wheels makes this easier - and then adjust the 
tie-rod until the other side is also parallel. Not ideal but good enough 
that you won't scrub your tires to death.  Also, if you have adjusted the 
camber or have even just jacked-up the front end, you should drive the car 
round the block before setting the toe, to let the suspension settle into 
its normal position.

HTH,

Ewan Hopkins...

'85 Storm 2.0
'86 GT 1.8



>From: "Foxx (in a box)" <foxxinabox@core.com>
>To: scirocco list <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>Subject: handling probs
>Date: Fri, 02 Jun 2000 01:04:26 -0400
>
>   well, we finally got around to fixing the camber and toe on my '86
>(and the clutch parts came for the '85 today!), but i'm still having
>some problems. this was a shadetree affair. we couldn't get the drivers
>side tie-rod nut loose (despite the right size wrenches AND a a
>blowtorch) so we had to adjust the passenger side only. the tires like
>to squeal now on a hard take off. i attribute this to them being
>half-bald, though. however, my main problem now is this: as i drive down
>the road, the car will just occasionally break-from-straight. i can't
>say that it pulls hard left or right, it just feels as if the steering
>has let loose for a second and the car turned right or left. the
>steering itself is fine. nothing seems to be wrong with the rack (it was
>replaced with a new unit a few years ago), but something is obviously
>not right. i'll be at cincy this saturday, but any hints before i make
>the drive would be helpful. needless to say, if it doesn't get fixed
>this weekend, it's going into the shop on monday. thanx.
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