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 Ollie
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| posted on November 9th, 2010 at 10:20 PM |
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Handling in a beetle?! Help me!!!
Hey guys, I'll get straight to the point.
Car: 1976 1300 Beetle
Suspension: Bilstein shocks
Handling out of 10: 0.0000001
I've finally sorted out motor and brake problems, but my suspension is killing me. The car has been lowered on the shocks, but it's just plain
dangerous to drive.
When going in a straight line, the car feels like it's wafting around like it's on a cloud (and a lot of play in the steering wheel).
When I'm going around corners the steering feels as if it has a 'flat spot' in the turning and then it finally responds but I feel like I'm going
to scrub out constantly (and no, this isn't at speed it - roundabouts are my worst enemy!)
I know this may not help, but has anyone had this sort of issue before? Perhaps something to do with the steering rack?
I'll take it to a mechanic eventually but I've just spent far too much today on servicing.
Many thanks,
Ollie
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Craig Torrens
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| posted on November 9th, 2010 at 10:36 PM |
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geez where do I start !...........worn steering box and probably tie rod ends and I would say your wheel alignment is way out.  ......you are probably getting a lot of bumpsteer as well due to it
being lowered.
does it have a front (factory) swaybar? I'm guessing not..........
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waveman1500
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| posted on November 9th, 2010 at 10:56 PM |
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Definitely your first port of call should be to check for play in the steering box and try adjusting it, then check the tie rod ends and replace if
there is any play in them, similarly check your ball joints. Then check your tyre pressures, should be roughly 20psi at the front and 30psi at the
back, then look towards a wheel alignment.
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Aussie Dubbin
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| posted on November 10th, 2010 at 10:12 AM |
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Check the aircooled.net site for suspension setup...
Is it Bj and IRS... Check my link below , i have had some of these discussion too
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Dean1974
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| posted on November 10th, 2010 at 06:20 PM |
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Hi I had same problem here when i replaced spindles, ball joints and few other things, had wheel alignment done and i was told steering box and shocks
need replacing all replaced now and wheel alignment done ques no play in steering wheel...ps tryed to adjust steering box but waste of time....sounds
like steering box in yours too...
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