FW: Help! Squeak! Clink! (or something)

[Sebastian Costin]

Forgot to mention: The automobile is a 1988 Audi 80 (TYP89).

Thx,

Sebastian 

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Sebastian Costin 
> Sent:	Thursday, February 15, 2001 13:23
> To:	'Per Lindgren'; quattro at audifans.com
> Subject:	Help! Squeak! Clink! (or something)
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I never said it was rumbling. The sound is a high pitch sqeak / sqeal /
> clink (like 2 pieces of metal either scraping / rubbing or clinking into
> each other).
> 
> So far, this is what I could gather as the sound's particularities:
> 
> - it's in the rear of the car 
> - it occurs on the smallest road imperfection (even slightly rugged
> asphalt) 
> - it doesn't matter whether I'm steering or going straight
> - it doesn't matter the speed (no alteration of the noise w/ speed
> increase, occurs as soon as the car is moving)
> - it's somewhere between the rear seat and the trunk (I've had somebody
> riding in the rear seat and in the trunk and it's somewhere in between)
> - apparently it's coming from the right wheel
> - goes away when it rains outside
> - goes away when the trunk is loaded
> - it's louder with the rear seat backrest removed
> - I can't replicate it by pulling the exhaust (so I suppose it's not it,
> especially since it seems to come from the right side of the car)
> - I've changed the rear brake shoes and it's still there
> - I've had inner brake mechanism (yes, I have drum brakes on the rear)
> thoroughly cleaned / lubed / adjusted and and it's still there
> - so far, the only possible way to replicate it (with the car stopped) is
> to engage the handbrake and kick (quite hard) (any of) the rear wheels at
> 12 and 2 o'clock.
> 
> - ... and, finally, it's been driving me NUTS for several months now
> 
> Any ideas / BTDTs ?? (please, list members!!!!!!). A lot of thanks to Per
> for his support!!!
> 
> Sebastian Costin
> 
> PS: I don't have daily access to a ramp to look underneath and for every
> intervention on the car I have to pay some top $$$s at the service (no
> real conditions for DIY jobs in the parking lot), so I really can't afford
> fumbling around too much with this. PLEASE be as specific as you can!
> 
> Thanks A LOT!!!
> 
> SC
> 
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