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73 super steering wheel moves alot
Posted: Thu Oct 12, 2006 5:33 pm
by Dub Owner66
my uncle gave me a 73 super in pieces. the steering is just crap. i dont know what bushings go where or any thing. i did not take it apart. i dont have many parts to this car. i plan to restore it and drive it daily. it is not in the gear box and the front end had a rebuild in the 90s but has not been driven since 98. also when i jack it up i use up all the jack and the wheel is still not off the ground
does it need new struts?
Re: 73 super steering wheel moves alot
Posted: Thu Oct 12, 2006 6:36 pm
by Amskeptic
Dub Owner66 wrote:my uncle gave me a 73 super in pieces. the steering is just crap. i dont know what bushings go where or any thing. i did not take it apart. i dont have many parts to this car. i plan to restore it and drive it daily. it is not in the gear box and the front end had a rebuild in the 90s but has not been driven since 98. also when i jack it up i use up all the jack and the wheel is still not off the ground
does it need new struts?
I like the fishbowl Superbeetles. The curved windshield helps to make the nose less bulbous.
Get a Bentley manual to see where these parts all go and how to get them there. Superbeetles are famous for shimmies, I suggest that you try to find good VW bushings for the idler arm, and track down all points of play. Your McPherson front suspension has lots of travel, keep jacking.
Colin