Noise and vibrations on the steering.. Solve one, find thereasonfor the other !

[calimus at techography.net (Calimus)]

I put a 28mm Neuspeed rear sway on fellow lister Dan Williams rocco 
sometime last year and he seems to love it.  I'm also thinking about 
doing the same to mine untill my father and I can finish a IRS design we 
have been working on for the better part of a year now.  So far it's all 
been on paper and in our heads, but we think we have a good idea now.  I 
finally have a straight rear end to use, all I need now are a few more 
pieces and we can actually try to put it all together.  Going to throw 
back a bit to the days of the air-cooled VW's and their IRS system.

William

Patrick Bureau wrote:

>Well after waiting for new bearings to arrive, I went to my buddy mechanic
>and get my wheel bearings that have been roaring for the past 2 weeks,
>I get there, he says let check which side.
>
>So he jacks the car on the passenger side of the car, and lift just enough
>to get the front wheel off the ground, and tells me get in the car stick it
>in 5th gear, hand brake on, and turn the engine on, and slowly engage the
>clutch. (no gas) .. And I do so.. The wheel starts to spin by itself and no
>noise... So he drop that side of the car and repeats the process on the
>driver side, and as the tire start to turn you clearly can hear the bearing
>noise.
>
>Now I don't know about anyone else on this list but this is the first time I
>ever see the wheel bearing being tested that way, and it works like a charm.
>
>he has the snap on bearing puller and we proceed to pull the bearing out and
>put the new one, as we put the ball joint in place, we both notice the a-arm
>isn't pushing back a whole lot... The sway bar is not broken it seems, but
>it certainly has lost his push power which it did have back in June 2003. He
>tell me that is what vibrations I have been feeling since the sway bar is
>not doing its job anymore.
>
>Great aint it.. Fix one thing find something else to fix... The ever
>continual process of fixing our cars....lol
>
>Guess I'll be saving for a nice set of ABD or Neuspeed or other brand name
>set with a little more BEEF to them.
>
>Anyone have aftermarket sway bars they would like to recommend? Sizes? I was
>thinking 25/28mmmm front/back.. Opinions?
>
>
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