ok people... need help, went out 4 drive with kids, leaving shops and st/whl goes 360 deg, no bang ,just stopped steerin, got towed home ..what should I look for, and is it easy to fix, got a baad thort in head , steering worm or such has broke, not gonna be easy...

its an Lbug right so it should have rack and pinion steering so its not that bad unless it has a steering box then you are up for a few $$$.

ok.. rack and pinion, suppose i gotta take fuel tank out or do it from underneath, does a 73 steerin box fit ?? got a 73 for spares, bloody thing was driving great.... bugga, thanks

Dude, if you have to ask questions such as this, [size=6]go see a mechanic[/size]

at least with my fords everything is in sight, gonna have alook on weekend , had a quick peek underneath, looks like a blackhole under there

like vwcool said see a mechanic but ill improve on it see a vw mechanic

Hey barls... damn VW mechanic had done some work on front end, got reciepts and all from last owner, lifted car up..seems a steering shaft lock clamp ..threw a bolt and come off..easy peasy, gonna have 2 take out fuel tank tho..its not so hard, ....and VWCOOL I asked dumb questions to see what answers i got..it all adds up in the long run

Hey that doesn't sound very nice.

OK GUYS...settle down, no need to get all shirty, if someone thinks I asked DUMB questions ..cool, no skin off my nose tho, I`m just used to playin with fords, gotta lot to learn bout "bugs" and just to show vwcool. gonna do it all myself, but hey mite ask more Dumb questions later tho..hooroo

onya gerbil

I'm 57 and feel stupid if i don't ask cause I can't know evrything.
have owned a lotta dubs though

Thanx Karmen... my old man gave me 3 bits of advice when i was 14 ...1) if ya dont know ... bloody ask
2) dont ask me for a loan
3) use a FRANGER
so as far as i`m concerned, and it was mentioned earlier, there are no dumb questions... not all of us can be rich and good lookin at the same time..(i`m not rich) ha ha ha.. hooroo

with a name like gerbil

CAN ya bee good lookin

IF SO post a pic....... go on ...do it

see told ya i`m not rich, but I`m happy,,, damn no pic come thru

[Edited on 3-10-2004 by gerbil181]

Ok people... bug fixed and on road AND .....NO MECHANIC used..learnt sumthin bout bugs ....cool... thanx for all your input ...hooroo

[Edited on 4-10-2004 by gerbil181]

Damn.... bloody thing broke again, this time the end from steerin box pulled off, seems the bolts dont engage the groove on either end, are they a specific size??,,, its bloody dangerous

:duh ide be goin right over all the critical life threatening stuff in your car if thats an example of previous work

yeh thanks, just startin to go thru all parts of drive train etc, as U said life threatenin, cant let my daughter drive it if I`m not sure of the work done B4, mite as well start the resto at same time

ok ppl, looks like the bug starts its resto, kid wants to start driving it, gonna start with front end 1st then work back, thanks for all ya input, maybe sum more dumb questions may pop up tho