strange knocking

[Kneale Brownson]

Try tugging on the tie rod to see if the end will move.


At 05:06 PM 03/18/2001 -0500, kbogach wrote:

>I tried to rock it and it did not move. Frankly speaking I am not sure now
>that merely hand-rocking could find bad tie rod (but it worked on russian
>cars). Will it?
>
>Konstantin.
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Kneale Brownson <knotnook at traverse.com>
>To: kbogach <kbogach at home.com>; <quattro at audifans.com>
>Sent: Sunday, March 18, 2001 6:34 AM
>Subject: Re: strange knocking
>
>
> > Loose tie rod end?
> >
> >
> > At 11:05 PM 03/17/2001 -0500, kbogach wrote:
> >
> > >Hi listers.
> > >
> > >I hear a knocking, like something dangling hit a body in the area
>driver's
> > >foot well, when I start moving on 1st gear, shifting on 2nd or make
>turns.
> > >One or two hits when I make turn, one when I shift on 1st or 2nd gear.
>After
> > >examination I found that transmission left mount is ripped (one leaf of 4
>is
> > >ripped). Nothing else suspisious. But I can not imagine that it could
>cause
> > >that knocking. If tranny moves so much that it hit the metal then I would
> > >expect to see all leaves of the mount ripped. I could not replace it
>today
> > >cause the nut turned to be rounded. Could it be the cause or not? What
>else
> > >can cause something like this?
> > >Engine mount are good.
> > >???????????????
> > >Thank you.
> > >
> > >Konstantin Bogach.
> > >200tq '89
> > >200tqw '89
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
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