home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- Path: sparky!uunet!charon.amdahl.com!pacbell.com!ames!saimiri.primate.wisc.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!po.CWRU.Edu!aas7
- From: aas7@po.CWRU.Edu (Andrew A. Spencer)
- Newsgroups: rec.autos.vw
- Subject: Re: alignment question
- Date: 17 Nov 1992 22:46:31 GMT
- Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
- Lines: 36
- Message-ID: <1ebso7INN8g3@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu>
- References: <27590@oasys.dt.navy.mil>
- Reply-To: aas7@po.CWRU.Edu (Andrew A. Spencer)
- NNTP-Posting-Host: slc5.ins.cwru.edu
-
-
- In a previous article, lito@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Angelito Lucena) says:
-
- >hi,
- >
- >i have a 88 jetta gli w/ ~75,000 miles.
- >
- >i brought the car in for a four wheel alignment yesterday
- >and was told that 'cam bolts' needed to be added to the
- >front end. how far out of alignment can the front suspension
- >be before 'cam bolts' are required?? i thought that the rear
- >suspension was nonadjustable, how is a four wheel alignment
- >performed on the back end?? is it normal to add rear shims
- >to adjust the rear end??
-
- glad you asked..as i am not sure either..when i took myne in, they
- wanted ungodly amts of $$ to do the rears...someone quoted me 10
- per shim per side, no warantee..( i skippedhim...no warantee???)
- ..so..i say it is normal to add shims for the rear..but am not sure,
- and hope someone else will post too!
- DREW
-
- >
- >thanks in advance,
- >and please email to:
- >
- >lito lucena
- >lito@oasys.dt.navy.mil
- > now at : dtmb, cdhq, nwsc 'if the defaults weren't good enough,
- > formerly: dtrc, carderock they wouldn't be defaults.....'
- > bill's sister
- >
- --
- ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
- ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
- ?????????????????????????????????-----whatever!
-