tire wear/torque steer.5Ktq

[TheRingmeister at aol.com]

I've found that in many cases accelerated wear on the innermost portion of 
the tire where the alignment is not in question is due to worn upper strut 
mount bushings.
that also may be contributing to your wandering problem.  your static camber 
might be right, but as the bushing moves from being worn, your active camber 
changes. I might catch a lot of flack for saying this, but I only let the 
dealer align the car...i've never had one "right" at a tire shop or general 
auto repair place....of course, i have the luxury of having honest, competent 
techs at the semi-local dealer in Winston-Salem


Wylie Bean
TheRingmeister
90 cq
99.5 A4Avant 1.8Tq

 In a message dated 10/11/00 6:37:45 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
quattro-request at audifans.com writes:

<< Looking for BTDT's.
 >The steering on my 86 5ktq is acting oddly.  The front end seems to be
 >hunting at times.  Sometimes the wheel and car are straight, other 
 >times it may take 15 degrees of left or right steering imput to 
 >maintain
 >straight tracking.  At a constant steering input the car may 
 >increase the radius of the turn on its own as when changing lanes. 
 >last when I apply gas with no pressure on the steering wheel it will 
 >jerk to the left a bit.
 >The rack has been replaced has have the front springs (lower) and 
 >struts and control arms plus alignment.  The front tires are 
 >starting to show slightly accelerated wear on their inner most 
 >treads.
 >Ideas welcome.
 >thanks
 >Mike >>