RE: Koni parts

[Peter Henriksen <peterhe@microsoft.com>]

On that note (or maybe it's completely unrelated), there's a bit of
"slap" in my steering wheel on the 200 when I drive over sharp bumps
(expansion strips, mostly). It feels like a sharp vertical movement in
the whole steering column. I'm not aware of any other problems with my
steering.

Does anybody know what this might be a result of?

Thanks.
- peter henriksen, peterhe@microsoft.com, issaquah, wa
  91 200qw
  94 acura legend gs
  80 mazda 626


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>From: 	Andrew Duane USG/PE[SMTP:duane@zk3.dec.com]
>Sent: 	Thursday, June 13, 1996 1:55 PM
>To: 	75377.3445@CompuServe.COM
>Cc: 	quattro@coimbra.ans.net
>Subject: 	Re: Koni parts
>
>Hairy green toads from Mars made Neil Swanson say:
>
>> I had the Konis put in with new wheel bearings months ago. I've been
>>searching
>> for the source of a loose feel in the front end.  The loose feel is
>>not ever
>> since the struts were done.  The old ones were beat.  And the car
>>feels better
>> with new ones but still has some loose feel.
>> 
>> I now have the super wiz bang tool to do the top strut nut and can pull the
>> struts out in minutes.  I may as well look and see if those parts ever
>>went in
>> or are needed.
>> 
>> I'm also doing a really close look at the tie rod ends etc.  The subframe
>> bushings are "eh".  Some motion but maybe not excessive.  Erics'
>>belong there.
>
>That loose feel is almost certainly worn bushings.
>
>Mike LaRosa can back me up on this, having test driven each others
>'89 100's.  I've had all my bushings replaced, and the car went from
>typical rolly-polly old-car feeling to tight as a drum crispness.
>
>Get those bushings replaced/swapped. You won't regret it.
>
>-- 
>
>Andrew L. Duane (JOT-7)			duane@zk3.dec.com
>Digital Equipment Corporation		(603)-881-1294
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>
>Only my cat shares my opinions, and she's too heavy to care.
>