[s-cars] not again!! (propellar shaft)

[Kirby Smith]

My understanding is that the shaft is supposed to be aligned using a
special Audi tool.  I believe my mechanic (NH USA) has one, not that
that helps you much.  I have no idea what tolerance is acceptable to
Audi.

kirby

Jan Nielsen wrote:
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> well well well.. as i wrote on saturday everything seemed fine after my propellar shaft "rebuild"..... to day i started noticing som noice.. not rattling or anything, but more like a buzzing sound comming at around 50 mph and when i haul ass its like a vibration, but not like before.. sound more like someone is drilling a hole in the car somewhere..  i got home and went for som heavy acceleration test in first gear... sheeesh.. it really sounds bad.. almost like the shaft is rubbing towards the some metal underneath the car...
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> i'm thinking of going under the car again tonight even if i dont really want to spend more hours underneath there.
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> i have 3 questions also.
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> Will the position of the shaft be different if the car is jacked up or not? i dont think so?
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> And the carrier bearing mounting on the car can be adjustet both sideways and forward and backwards... i positioned it after tightening the shaft in both ends so the bearing was kinda in neautral..opinions?
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> And can my gearbox or rear diff have taken some serious damage after i drove 3 days with the broken shaft that made the car shake and rattle?? i guess i drove about 30 miles al together before taking it of... only carefull driving.
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> Mvh Jan Nielsen
> *that does NOT want to rebuild again!*
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