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From: leiby@yeti.UUCP (Mike Leibensperger)
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: '81 SAAB axle problems...
Message-ID: <113@yeti.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 9-Oct-83 22:57:55 EDT
Article-I.D.: yeti.113
Posted: Sun Oct  9 22:57:55 1983
Date-Received: Tue, 11-Oct-83 05:07:35 EDT
Organization: Masscomp, Littleton, MA
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I recently bought a used '81 Saab turbo.  The rear tires were a bit
worn, and I was figuring on getting them replaced.  However, when
I took it to a garage to have some other incidental work done to it,
the mechanic told me that the rear tires were worn because of a bent
rear axle.  It seems that on the trans-Atlantic crossing in '81, some
Saabs were mistakenly anchored to the deck by the rear axles, which
were subsequently bent by wave motion.

Any other '81 Saab owners out there with a similar problem?  Have
you had any luck getting Saab-Scania to foot the bill for a new
axle (or at least replace it a minimal cost)?  If so and you live
in the Boston area, which dealer did the work for you?  How much
(if anything) did they charge?

		Thanks mightily in advance,
		Mike Leibensperger
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