[s-cars] Suspension bushings and tranny mounts

[C1J1Miller at aol.com]

Igor: check the torque on the subframe bolts; car on it's wheels.  Especially the front two.  Look for any evidence of the bolts moving under load.

Chris

In a message dated 12/3/2002 3:10:09 PM Eastern Standard Time, Igor writes:

(snip)

> The problem did not disappear.
> A few days ago I have accidentally found another problem. I used the
> wife's part of the garage for my car since I was doing some minow work
> on the a4. As I was backing out that huge whale in the tight spot in the
> corner of my driveway I had to cut the steering wheel very sharply,
> almost to the lock position. All of a sudden I hear this BANG! from the
> right wheel and the car shook slightly. That's it. No problem while
> driving or turning forward. No problem while backing up. Only when I
> backed up one more time yesterday while turning the wheels sharply to
> the right did I hear this loud BANG! again. And the car shook sideways
> again, ever so slightly, as if I had rolled over a pebble. Obviously
> somethign is loose. But what?
> The car has very lo mileage. However, the tyres are 255/40/17 on the
> 17x8 heavy Avantgardes with the 32 mm offset. And I think I hear the
> roaring sound of a failing wheel bearing coming from the right hub.
>
> So, listers, what would be the concensus? Take the front suyspension
> out, and replace both front wheel bearings and lower
> control arm
> bushings. What else? Or?
>
>
> --
> Igor Kessel
> two turbo quattros