What you describe is known as "death wobble"
Check all the tie rod ends but most importantly check the swivel preload
and the steering relay condition.
John and Muddy
Patrick Parsons wrote:
>
> This has happened to me once, my sister once and now my dad. When it
> happened to me after hitting a pothole, I thought it was an isolated
> incident, but just heard from the other two, so now time to do something
> about it...
>
> Symptom/Problem:
>
> Driving down the road in a 2000 D110 Tdi, the steering wheel will jerk side
> to side violently, and it seems as if the front axle is bouncing up and
> down. When it happened to me, I was going about 35-40 Km/H and had just hit
> a minor pothole. When it happens, the truck just goes in a straight line,
> except for the steering wheel being jerked around in one's hands. It isn't
> as if the whole truck is shaking side to side in the lane. When it happened
> to them they were just going down the road at 50+Km/H, no pothole that they
> felt.
>
> The truck drives straight and solid, and doesn't exhibit the typical "out of
> balance" shimmy that sometimes happens with wheels that aren't balanced.
>
> Any ideas? I told my dad to check the tie-rod ends and next I'll suggest a
> new steering dampener.
>
> --pat.
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