Fw: Rear Suspension clunking/grinding

[David Head]

Sometimes when shocks get replaced, the spring is rotated outside its
normal 'set' in the perch. I would remove it, disassemble, lube each end
with silicone. Every once in a while, it gets oriented upside down - not
sure on your model if it makes a difference...

Griffon Financial wrote:

>  Sorry, its a 91 200 turbo20v... I checked the tierods, its not coming
> from there. Its definately in the upper portion the the shock
> assembly. let me know if you have any thoughts .    thanks
>
>      ----- Original Message -----
>      From: David Head
>      To: Griffon Financial
>      Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2000 7:21 PM
>      Subject: Re: Fw: Rear Suspension clunking/grinding
>       What kind of car? On 100/200/5000 quattros, most rear
>      creaking comes from the outer tie rod end, also known as the
>      transverse link.
>
>      Griffon Financial wrote:
>
>     > ----- Original Message -----
>     > From: Griffon Financial
>     > To: quatttro at audifans.comSent: Thursday, October 26, 2000
>     > 6:04 PMSubject: Rear Suspension clunking/grinding
>     >  Hi allOn the same note as previous post, the same car has
>     > aquired a noise from the left rear shock, We replaced the
>     > rear shocks with bilsteins (non-sport) about a year ago,
>     > and all-of-a-sudden there is a creeking/grinding noise
>     > coming from the suspension. I took the wheel off this
>     > afternoon, put the car on floor jacks and proceeded to
>     > jack the control arm up and down. I determined the sound
>     > is coming from the upper area of the shock assembly, hence
>     > the upper shock mount. It's black, square, and has 4
>     > mounting bolts coming through from inside the trunk. Do
>     > these cars have strut bearings like VW and BMW? I called
>     > the dealer and they didn't seem to think so...What could
>     > be the cause of this ? Any help is greatly appreciated
>     > !!!!
>     > Thanks
>     > Tim
>
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