Lazy handling troubleshooting Q

[roclist@accessconsulting.ca (Jason Adams)]

maybye your rear axel bushings are causing the car to dog-leg. what about an
alignment (toe), tire pressures...


Jason Adams
Fahrvergnugen Forever! ;)
84 rocco 16v
93 320i
98 Z71

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ben Channard" <zeroid@hotmail.com>
To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2003 5:32 AM
Subject: Lazy handling troubleshooting Q


> List:
>
>      My car's steering feels squirrely during left hand turns at freeway
> speeds, especially if power is applied.  The sensation is that of the
front
> end turning faster into the turn, causing me to back off the steering for
> correction.  I don't feel this at lower speeds, for instance when making a
> left hand turn at an intersection.  There is also a squirminess when going
> over certain uneven surfaces which feels like something is loose in my
> suspension.  I had assumed that the problem would lie in the loaded right
> side but the strut bolts are tight as well as the strut bearing nuts.  I
> haven't checked beyond this, hence the lazy reference in the subject line.
> Am I right in concentrating on the right side?  I have a torn left outer
CV
> boot.  I bought a boot kit and thought I would reboot and wait and see
since
> the joint isn't clicking or making noise.  Could the joint have already
gone
> bad and be the source of the handling weirdness?  Thanks for any help,
> benton----
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