got ready to tow my ghia home today (20 miles away), got it all hoooked up with the correct aircooled type towbar, everything all nice and snug, with safety chains and all, but only got about a block - looked in the rearview mirrow, and the ghia is "pitching and diving like a wild-ash MO-FO" back there. steering wheel on the ghia looked like it was going "lock to opposite lock" about once every second. ghia front wheels oscillating back and fourth WILDLY, looked like it was about to "scrub the tires right off the dang RIMS", in fact. went back to shop, unhooked ghia, removed towbar, pushed ghia back into shop, gave up for today.
possible causes (my guesses, please 'confirm'):
too much air in ghia tires: 30 lbs all around? that too much?
no load in ghia front: gas tank removed, no spare at front under hood? (also engine out of car, and at shop, if that matters, plus seats are removed/also at shop). also, ghia key was in ignition, and turned to 'on', so steering wheel lock's not the issue....
or...
maybe bad ghia steering damper? could that be it?
or maybe something else entirely? everything "just right for towing" near as I can determine: ball to coupler nice'n'snug, ball strut into receiver hitch "all good and tight ready to go" and snug, towbar to lower front ghia suspension "all good to go", snug, and not loose, and hooked up correctly...
baffling (and kind of scarey). good thing I noticed this happening at 15 to 20 MPH and not at 70 MPH...but would'a rather got it home today :-(
anybody else ever had this happen? any ideas?
thanks guys :-)
toolie
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