164 Torque steer

[Doug Gould <wdgould@domain.elided>]

Ian

Recently I had a slow leak in a front tyre (The farrier for the kid's 
horses has an unfortunate habit of shoeing the horses where I park the 
164). I noticed the leak because the car started to torque steer. So I 
agree with Fred that checking the tyre pressures is a first step.

The next potential culprit are the notorious a-arm bushes. For some time I 
had one of the rear a-arm bushes on which the nut regularly loosened 
itself. That produces a steer effect, although mainly under brakes.

Too much toe -out can also be an issue.

Regards

Doug Gould
Melbourne, Australia
1985 White GTV6
1991 Blue 164L
1959 Blue VW Beetle (From Grandma's estate - 43,000 miles)

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