Mk 1 has the shakes

[juliemac57@hotmail.com (Julie Macfarlane)]

Ok. I think the rattle is seperate from the shakes.

Does your steering wheel feel the shake? If so there are a couple of things 
to try.
1)Wheel bearings. Go wheel to wheel. grip the top of the wheel and push in 
and out. There should be no play in the movement. Do the rears as well. I 
had mine die and it caused a shake as well.
2) Check your tie rods. Look at the place the sections join. Have a friend 
turn the steering wheel a bit. Look for any movement from the tie rod ends 
and the shaft.
3)Check your wheel weights. Lose any?

Good luck and remember, your not supposed to be doing 70  :)

Julie Macfarlane
Menlo Park Research & Development
Internet Application Developer
www.menloparkrandd.com
www.montgomeryweb.org
Amsterdam NY





>From: Behrle Hubbuch <behrleiii@yahoo.com>
>To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>Subject: Mk 1 has the shakes
>Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2003 17:37:04 -0700 (PDT)
>
>Hello all,I have a Mk1 question. The car is an 81 not that it makes any 
>difference. I'm driving along, the car begins to shake above 65mph shakes 
>volently above 70 and worse upon deceleration until you get back down to 65 
>and below. The steering is stiff even for a non-PS Mk1,and pulls to the 
>right a little. By the way all the shocks are toast. When you first start 
>it up there's a can with a marble in it being shaken sound under the hood. 
>Any thoughts on this?  I'm planning to attend the Cinci get together, 
>should I PIA Daun?
>
>
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