Squeaking Noise - Tie Rods or Control Arms

[Grant Lenahan]

good tip

On Apr 22, 2010, at 4:50 PM, dgraber460 at aol.com wrote:

> 
> Putting your hands on the tie rod ends while someone else turns the steering (careful not to get arms and fingers in harms way) usually will give tell-tale vibration from the offending joint.
> BTDT.
> 
> Dennis 
> Denver
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ti Kan <ti at amb.org>
> To: mkb <mkb125 at yahoo.com>
> Cc: quattro at audifans.com
> Sent: Thu, Apr 22, 2010 9:24 am
> Subject: Re: Squeaking Noise - Tie Rods or Control Arms
> 
> 
> mkb writes:
> Not to beat a dead horse or anything, but I was over at my friends house last 
> ight and when he heard the noise he immediately said, "Oh sounds like a strut 
> earing".
> 
> Anyway, that's the plan for this weekend.  Open it up and replace the strut 
> earing.
> 
> I'll update when done.
> 
> Thanks all!
> 
> --
> mohammed
> 99 A6 2.8a avant
> 97 18tqa
> The A6 doesn't have a strut bearing -- it doesn't have a "strut" as
> he front suspension isn't a MacPherson strut design.  The top of the
> hock absorber isn't an axis of steering rotation.  Suspension creaks
> n Audi's 4-link virtual-geometry suspension cars are usually due to
> orn tie rod ends, control arm arm bushings, or sway bar bushings.
> -Ti
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Grant Lenahan
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