Alignment issue? CV Joint?

[Grant Lenahan]

So, it appears that something must be moving - loose or bent - in the  
right front end.

If bent, it should shimmy some normally and more when loaded in a   
left turn.

So I vote for loose.

Damaged TRE?  Damaged Control arm?  Loose (gasp) wheel?

Find what's moving under load. Something is.

Grant
On Dec 1, 2008, at 5:48 PM, Rob Beatty wrote:

> Ok I am stumped.  Here is the problem.  Had new snow tires put on  
> my 95 A6Q
> sedan and while they were doing that, they were suppose to do a 4  
> wheel
> alignment.  After new tires were put on, I discovered that at  
> highway speeds
> (55mph or higher) that when I turn the wheel to the left for a  
> sweeping
> turn, I get a tremendous shudder/vibration.  It literally feels  
> like the
> wheel is going to shoot off the car.  If I straighten the wheel the  
> shudder
> goes away.  Completely.  For sweeping turns to the right, no
> shudder/vibration at all.  It also feels like it's the right hand  
> front
> wheel that's shuddering, but obviously I can't be completely  
> certain of
> that.
>
>
>
> Further complicating matters when I brought it back to the tire place
> (actually a different one, it's a chain store and this one was near  
> work),
> they said I had worn out inner tie rod ends.  They also asked if I had
> gotten any paperwork when I had 1st picked the car up.  I had, but  
> I had
> never looked at it and the guy didn't say anything to me when they  
> handed me
> the keys.  I was in a hurry and didn't get around to looking at  
> it.  So I
> look at it and it says tie rod adjustments frozen, and that the  
> outer tie
> rod ends are worn out and should be replaced.
>
>
>
> So I have a couple of questions.
>
>
>
> 1.	The inner "end" isn't really a joint, its just a rubber bushing so
> what the hell was the 1st guy talking about?  Did he just confuse  
> inner with
> outer?
> 2.	I just jacked the car up and rocked the right front wheel back and
> forth and there is a decent amount of play in that tie rod end.   
> Could that
> be my culprit?
> 3.	If it is the tie rod end, why isn't it a problem at lower speeds  
> and
> why only when turning to the left?
> 4.	Is it worth trying to unfreeze the adjustments with a couple of  
> days
> worth of penetrating oil or should I just bite the bullet and buy  
> whole new
> rods?
> 5.	If its not the tie rod end, could it be my CV joint on that side
> being really bad?
>
>
>
> Thanks!
>
>
>
> Rob
>
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