Steering Oscillations

[Grant Lenahan]

Not jack it up? Are you crazy? That sounds dangerous - get in there!

That said, - yes. One possibility is that a tie rod end or ball joint let loose. If i interpret correctly you heard a pop and then it got all wooley, and the wheel apparently moves enough to damage the sidewall.  It would explain much.  But for heavens sake - do the research!

Grant
On Jan 23, 2015, at 9:10 PM, Vincent Gelinas <vrgelinas at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi, all! Patient is a 2004 A6qA with about 139k. 3.0 gas V6. 
> 
> Good news! My car passed inspection and I have a sticker!
> 
> Bad news! On the way home, something in my front end started squeaking, there was a soft pop going around a curve, then my steering wheel started oscillating violently, so I limped home. There was a lovely popping and grinding as I took a right onto one road and again on to another, and when I got home, my right tire has massive cracks in the sidewall - though it still holds air. 
> 
> I have no idea what happened. It was a little ponderous around the road before that, especially around the corners. 
> 
> Any ideas without me jacking it up yet?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Vin
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
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