Big hose clamp and wobble

[Peter Golledge]

Hose clamp will work fine BTDT, it is so close the axle that the little bit
of weight in the screw won't unbalance anything.  When you next do the CV
boot it will get replaced anyway. :-)

On the bug I'd put it up on nice solid jackstands, first check for any
play/resistance when hand  spinning each front wheel with at lock.  If that
is all good run it in a low gear... could be CV is on the way out and
"siezed up" for a bit.

On Sat, Sep 23, 2017 at 7:03 PM, Tihol Tiholov <t.tiholov at gmail.com> wrote:

> Greetings, gents.
> A hypothetical, guessing invited.
> 1st patient is '02 Audi A4q. Issue is LF (driver's side in Canada) outter
> CV boot was missing the large metal clamp (1st time seen this, the car was
> the PO's wife's). Couldn't find OEM replacement, so fit a large hose clamp,
> common type:
>
> https://cometkartsales.com/Large-Hose-Clamp-4-5.html
>
> It clears nearby parts, when turning. Question is: Would this create
> unwanted vibes at hwy speed and would the inertia dislodge it?
> I'll find out as soon as the car is insured (winter vehicle), but wanted to
> ask anyway.
>
> 2nd patient is a li'l Audi's cousin, a Y2K bug, 1.8T, 231K km, my wife's
> car. Yesterday as she made a left turn, about 270 deg. on a hwy junction,
> it started to vibrate, shake, seemed mechanical. Today I swapped all 4
> wheels, didn't find anything lose in the susp., bearings, steering. Still
> shakes under acceleration from 40 to 80 km/h, haven't tried above. Coasting
> in neutral is fine. Ran engine diag. - only code is for heating circuit of
> the OXS behind the cat. converter. Put in another MAF, no change. Was going
> to swap in a new ign. coil for cyl. 1, since it had stored a code for
> random cyl. and cyl. 1 misfiring, but those codes didn't come back after a
> test drive up and down mountains.
> The vibe doesn't seem to be in the steering wheel and it feels like
> left-to-right shaking, stumped here.
>
> Any ideas, BTDT's, etc. appreciated.
> Thanks,
> --
> Tihol
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