Squirrelly Winter Handling

[Richard J. Andrews]

sounds like a definite alignment issue.
i have my 4kq aligned with a bad machine and it produced similar results
except mine felt like the front was fine, but the rear would walk out 
either direction in slick
conditions.

HTH!
rich
'86 4kq

At 09:51 PM 3/18/02, you wrote:
>     My 90q20v always feels disconcertingly slidey on snow and ice.  The rear
>seems to float a fair amount in slush, was going 20mph in slushy snow today
>around a corner and it was making me very nervous.  It felt better in
>heavier snow, but still not what I imagined quattro could be like after
>owning a FWD for so long.  The 80 just zipped along in snow, the rear would
>bump around a bit, but always followed the front end right on target, it was
>a great car in snow.
>
>     Got the Blizzak WS-15's from the 80 on there.  They are getting a little
>worn, but not riding on the wear bars or anything like that.  Have we come
>to the conclusion that this sort of loose handling in snow is usually an
>alignment issue?  Possible the toe is off in the back?  Anything else I
>should be sniffing around for?
>
>Thanks!
>
>Alexander van Gerbig
>'91 200q20v (Crunched)
>'90 90q20v (Sport)
>'88 80t (R.I.P)
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