[T3] Front beam is loose

[Don Robertson]

Check your steering damper before you do anything else.

At 07:30 PM 11/5/2012, you wrote:



>  Sometimes, when going over bumps (are even driving straight down the road)
>the steering wheel will develop a major shimmy that I can calm by applying
>the brakes.
>
>I have tried to fix this, but I believe things are worn so much that
>replacement is necessary.
>
>The front beam that's in there (and all the bits therein) are surely
>original to the car.  I got new ball joints (and a front end alignment) last
>year.  The rubber stops are long gone, and the wings that they mount to are
>so badly rusted that they are porous.
>
>There is a good bit of axial play in the right upper torsion arm (the source
>of the shimmy?) so that I believe a new thrust ring is in order. My
>questions are thus:
>1)  If a replace one thrust ring, should a replace the other one (on the
>other end)?
>2) What about the needle bearings and the bushings while I'm in there?
>3) What is the likelihood that the stabilizer bar needs replacing?
>
>I don't think I want to touch the torsion mechanism in the lower tube.
>
>Should I instead get a new (to me) front beam with good rubber stops?
>
>Chris Slaymaker
>1971 Westfalia "Lurch"
>1971 Squareback "Foster"
>Knoxville, TN
>
>". . . at least I'm enjoying the ride."
>
>-------------- next part --------------
>Chris I'm about 3hrs south from you.  I have a front end that just came out
>of the 72 SB we just parted out.  If you need it I would let you have it if
>I could get your old one for parts. That parts car had about 77K miles on
>it.
>
>Dennis Stiefel
>72 Fastback FI MT
>Rainsville, AL
>
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