Vibration in drive-train?

[John Graham]

Had the same thing but it was the inside CV joint.
That CV joint is dry and can lock up.
Replace it fast or he may need more than just a CV joint.

John
1990 20V Coupe

> From: "Brent Henry" <thehenrys at sympatico.ca>
> Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2003 18:21:11 -0500
> To: <v6-12v at audifans.com>, <quattro at audifans.com>
> Subject: Vibration in drive-train?
> 
> My neighbour has a 1995 A6Q... he has noticed over a month ago that one of the
> outer CV boot's has been torn.  A week ago he noticed that at full turn, it is
> now clicking.  A few days later, he noticed a vibration in the drive-train --
> transmitted into the driver seat -- not the steering wheel.  The next day, the
> vibration got alot worse, it is severely exaggerated when accelerating (even
> slightly).
> 
> He is now in the process of changing the CV joint and boot-kit, but he is
> concerned that the vibration is not coming from the CV joint?  Considering
> that it came on so quickly and got so much worse in just one day?  I know that
> Quattro drive-train's are rock solid, but is there any chance that it is
> something to do with the drive-shaft, u-joint, rear diff, etc, etc???
> 
> Thanks,
> Brent Henry.
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