[T3] Front tire wobble
Bobsnotch at aol.com
Bobsnotch at aol.com
Thu Mar 23 16:17:44 PDT 2017
In a message dated 3/22/2017 10:10:03 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
d.nohejl at gmail.com writes:
I daily drive my ’69 on primitive NYC roads, streets, and highways.
Whenever I have anything like what you describe, I check the upper torsion arm
adjustment. If it’s loose, I adjust it. If that’s okay, or if adjusting doesn
’t improve things, I move on to tie rod ends. The last two times this
happened, it was a bad outer tie rod end. Back in November or December, it was
my left outer. Now my right outer is bad and I feel a shimmy in the wheel
on bumps and certain turns. If I tug on the tire, the tie rod end “jumps” a
bit up and down in it’s socket. There’s also a bit of slack in the
steering wheel when turning to the right. I just haven’t replaced it yet b/c then
I have to get an alignment which isn’t a straightforward procedure out
here.
I know I’m not one of the Meisters on this list, but this has been my
experience in the last 5 years and 50k+ miles or driving.
You might not be 1 of the "Meisters" here, but what you typed above was
right on target. Plus, anyone who is willing to drop an engine on the streets
of NYC in the middle of winter to fix a problem is a hero to me. Too damn
cold for me to do that anymore (I use a garage). ;-)
Bob 65 Notch S with Sunroof
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