Bad Drivetrain Vibration / Noise

[Dupree, Jim]

I had to replace the front CV on my 4kq. While I had it out I replaced the
center support bearing as well. Start to finish took me about 4 months, of
course the work was only a few hours but I got side tracked for a while.
While the drive shaft sat on the garage floor waiting for me to reinstall it
I just locked the center diff and had a front wheel drive 4kq.

Thanks
Jim

 -----Original Message-----
From: 	BBBurban at aol.com [mailto:BBBurban at aol.com]
Sent:	Thursday, February 14, 2002 7:58 PM
To:	Audi_80 at msn.com; quattro at audifans.com; audi20v at rennlist.org
Subject:	Re: Bad Drivetrain Vibration / Noise

I am starting to lean pretty heavily towards the front CV being bad on my
transmission to rear end driveshaft.  Can anyone tell me if this has ever
been a problem for them or is this a part that *never* fails or is it
reasonable to suspect it at 157,000 miles.

Thanks

Hank 90q20v


In a message dated 2/14/02 9:30:11 PM Eastern Standard Time,
Audi_80 at email.msn.com writes:

<<     Sounds like you may actually have a worn driveshaft CV because of the
 clacking.  I am going to try the mounts and if that helps, but doesn't cure
 it then I will also do the CV's on the shaft, if that doesn't do it then
 it's the center carrier bearings.

 Good Luck!

 Alexander van Gerbig >>