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RE: mk3 shakes @ 55mph

To: "Bill Miller" <millerb@ivwnet.com>, <KEschhofen@aol.com>,
Subject: RE: mk3 shakes @ 55mph
From: Douglas Braun & Nadia Papakonstantinou <doug@dougbraun.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2002 00:11:55 -0400
Remember that checking the driveshaft and axle flange bolts is an official
scheduled maintenance item for the Spit.  I guess there is a good reason for 
that...

Doug Braun
'72 Spit

At 09:34 PM 6/18/02 -0500, Bill Miller wrote:
>Check your flange bolts on your diffy!!!!   I found on one side one missing,
>one no nut, one very loose, one tight.  Other side two loose.
>
>Could have been a disaster.  Then checked a friend's spit who had a
>vibration at Mid-Ohio, and we found two loose.
>
>That fixed my vibration problem.  It may not be your problem, but it is
>definitely worth a check.
>
>Bill

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