A4 Suspension Noise - Help Needed

[t44tq at mindspring.com]

You sure it isn't one of the control arms? Creaking from the front
suspension of an A4 is most often due to control arm bushings gone
bad.

Taka

-----Original Message-----
From: LRGreger at aol.com
Sent: Mar 15, 2004 10:17 AM
To: quattro at audifans.com
Subject: A4 Suspension Noise - Help Needed

I have a loud, quite irritating noise coming from my front suspension.  It is 
a mechanical squeak/creak noise that is very evident at slow speeds.  I 
attempted to locate it this weekend by removing the wheel and placing a jack under 
the disk to move the suspension up and down.  This was successful in producing 
the noise, but I wasn't all that successful in locating any likely problem.  
The noise may be coming from the body attachment of the lower front link.  
However, I'm not sure enough that this is the problem to replace the link.  Also, 
there is no visible indication of a problem at this connection that I can 
discern.  

I'm not sure if it is the same problem, but I also get similar annoying 
noises from turning the steering wheel, but not all of the time.  I wasn't able to 
replicate the steering noise when I had the car jacked up.

Any help would be appreciated.  Now that the weather is nice enough to drive 
with the windows open, I'd rather not have to listen to these noises.

Rob
97 A4q
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