[T2] Steering - 73 bus

[Al Brase]

Seems to me there were a bunch of bad replacement ones a while back. Came
apart after 2 years. Real ones had tension elements molded in. Can't
remember, were they like tire fabric?


On Tue, Mar 24, 2020 at 11:14 AM Bradley Spear <my13jetta at gmail.com> wrote:

> I was going to suggest this a couple of days ago, but I thought the coupler
> would have been checked out and replaced, if necessary, when the steering
> boxes were replaced.
>
> Brad Spear
> '72 Westy
> '71 Karmann Ghia
> '19 Jetta SEL P
>
> On Tue, Mar 24, 2020 at 11:09 AM Bob Perring <perring at zitomedia.net>
> wrote:
>
> > Along this same thread, slightly...
> > Last year, I removed all of the oil from my steering box, and replaced it
> > with STP.
> > Maybe I am just imagining it, but I surely do believe that it made for a
> > significant response improvement.
> >
> > Bob Perring - via- Ipad
> > ~ >')))><
> >
> > > On Mar 24, 2020, at 09:28, Kevin Guarnotta <kevin at guarnottadesign.com>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > I'd second the suggestion by Greg - I have a vague recollection of
> > there being a bad batch of these couplers that was a few years ago?
> > >
> > > -Kevin Guarnotta
> > > Jamaica Plain, MA
> > >
> > > '78 Westy
> > > '69 Singlecab
> > > '65 Ez-camper
> > >
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