[Vwdiesel] suspension rebuilds

[mark shepherd]

Shalyn you don't seem feted to have a running VW.
Have you tried a Hummer?
Do you have the same trouble with the Kayak? :o)

Get a Quantum and all your troubles will go away.
Sorry I've not been more helpful ;o)

Mark


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "S. Shourds" <sshourds at flash.net>
To: <vwdiesel at vwfans.com>
Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 7:16 PM
Subject: [Vwdiesel] suspension rebuilds


> Apparently, I forgot to knock on wood or something.  The TDI is down
> with electrical flu.  Again.  Same as last time.  Only 5V getting to any
> circuit served by the ignition switch.  I have a new switch coming, but
> it'll be a few days.
>
> In the interim, I'm driving the old '85 TD.  At least until I was
> heading in to work this morning, came up to a stoplight and skidded it
> into a curb on the wet street.  Knocked the car out of alignment bad
> enough that I didn't want to drive it as is.  I ran it over to a cheap
> alignment shop where they told me that the suspension is so worn out
> (312,000 miles) that they can't align it.  I'd been told that at chain
> places because they won't align anything that they would have to
> warranty later on but never at a sketchy independent shop where I can
> tell them that, "I'm not worried about the warranty, just get it as
> close as you can."
>
> It is honestly pretty bad at this point with all the tie rod ends loose,
> I'm losing a  lot of power steering fluid from somewhere around the
> rack, the strut mounts wobble, and the a-frame mounts are all original.
> I bought new inner ends a while back, but then I found out I can get a
> rebuilt rack for $160 that comes with new inner ends.  I figured this
> after I saw that Bentley says you have to pull the rack to replace the
> ends and I don't see how that rack comes out except through where the
> engine and transmission are.  I probably need to pull them anyways
> because the clutch is somehow messed up and I think I have a bad engine
> mount somewhere with all the clunking.  On the other hand, I drive this
> car maybe 2000 miles a year.  It's just backup to the temperamental TDI
> and I keep my kayak on top of it so I can run down to the lake real
> quick and paddle around a bit.
>
> Anyone gone in deep enough to pull the rack or done anything like
> replace all of the consumable suspension components?  I'm wondering what
> I'm in for.
>
> -Shalyn
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