'88 80Q help solving accident-related issues
Tessie McMillan
tessmc at drizzle.com
Fri Mar 5 12:43:34 EST 2004
I think my question may have gotten lost between the lines of the "how
did the thief get the key to our car????" problem, so I'm reposting.
Please, I track my AudiDudie and she's my daily driver, so I want to
ensure these are not safety issues and am looking for your help.
After an excursion I had at the track that dumped the right front of my
80Q into a ditch and sent me rear-ward smack into a hill, we've repaired
everything we could _see_ to be broken. New right front suspension
(wheel, wheel hub, wheel bearing, A-arm); rebuilt front bumper assembly.
The frame may have bent; the hood aligns a little differently now.
According to my mechanic, all 4 coilovers (they were new then) and mounts
survived in good shape.
After the initial repairs, odd noises during driving or braking led
us to start fixing more things: we replaced both rear wheel bearings as
they must have gotten crunched, and both front rotors, since the right
was warped and scarred. In addition, we we chamfered the edges
of the front brake pads, but we re-used the old brake pads.
I now have new noises which were not present before the accident, and
these sound very suspicious to me. Everything has been taken apart and put
back together so many times that I'm really puzzled about this and don't
know where to start looking.
1) I hear a staccato, very high pitched squeaking at the rear
wheels, most of the time when driving in a straight line.
I hear squeaking of the front wheels only intermittnetly when
driving. I noticed this particularly on a gravel/potholey road and when I
make the corner into my driveway. What up with that?
2) When I brake, 2 ka-klinks come from the front brakes; first
the left brake, then the right brake when I come to a stop. I have
basically a stock setup: Girling calipers, PowerDisc rotors, and
performance pads. Can this be shims? What do shims do, and does it matter
how many there are?
3) I hear a hollow THUNK sound somewhere in the front suspension
near to the ground when I'm making a turn or going over something
off-camber. Is this important? Could it be a suspension piece and where
would you look first?
I'd really appreciate any suggestions as to what these noises might
represent, so I can fix if necessary.
Tess
in Bellevue, WA USA
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