Alignment mystery

[Vittorio Bares]

Don't know if you were driving in any type of aggressive manner prior
(or had it valet'd) - but we've experienced the rear ball joints
slipping (albeit under rally conditions) and thereby causing
mis-alignment without ever hitting anything.

Just a thought.

Vittorio -

-----Original Message-----
From: quattro-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:quattro-bounces at audifans.com]
On Behalf Of TooManyAudis at aol.com
Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2007 3:46 PM
To: quattro at audifans.com
Subject: Alignment mystery

Hey Guys,
 
I had my 88 80q aligned a few weeks ago after replacing the front ball  
joints, tie rod ends and all 8 control arm bushings.  
 
Everything seemed ok until I left a bar on Monday night and found that
my  
steering wheel was now about 45 degrees off center.  It's been a number
of  
years since I had a drink (and Monday was no exception) -- so I feel
that the  
shifting of the steering wheel and the fact that I was coming from a bar
to be  
merely coincidental.
 
Anyway, I did a quick check for the obvious underneath the car --
nothing  
seems loose or shows signs of obvious shifting... and the car seems to
track ok 
-- no noticeable pulling to one side or another.
 
Just wondering what could have caused this misalignment of the steering

wheel?  Has anyone had this experience before?  Did my car sneak a few
drinks 
while I was entertaining the ladies in the bar?
 
Curious.
 
Tom
88 80q
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