Wheel bearing question (update)

[Alexander Lee]

Mechanic was still convinced that the vibration, which occurred at 65 mph 
and up was caused by wheels that were not balanced.  So I had them balanced 
and rotated to no avail.  The vibration remains. After going back and 
tightening everything, he said that there is some bushing, tie rod, and ball 
joint wear, but it doesn't seem like it would be enough to be the cause.  He 
also felt that he didn't feel the vibration unless gas was being applied.  
He's waiting on my decision on how to proceed.  At this point, he doesn't 
think it's an alignment issue.

I just don't want to go through a front end rebuild and then end up with the 
same results.

Any more thoughts?


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>[Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2004 09:26:38 -0500
>From: "Alexander Lee" <thomas_three at hotmail.com>
>Subject: Wheel bearing question
>To: quattro at audifans.com
>Message-ID: <BAY10-F49itVGeSJIEo0000064d at hotmail.com>
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>Greetings,
>
>My mechanic told me that I had a bad bearing on my '89 80 Quattro.  It
>sounded like the rear ones to him, so I order one.  In the interim, he had 
>a
>motorcycle accident and another guy at the shop pulls the wheels and
>determined that it's the front one.  He puts the rear bearing that I 
>ordered
>on the front.  Is this acceptable?  Or is the wheel vibration that I hear
>and feel above 65 attributed to the switch?  Or, is the vibration due to 
>the
>fact that i'd recently had the wheels aligned prior to the bearings being
>put on and need to get it aligned again?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Thomas Alexander