[s-cars] Bad Tire Wear...Blown Strut?

[Paul Friedenberg]

Sounds like you need to take your car offroad more often, people spend big
money for that kind of articualtion! :)


>From: "Calvin & Diana Craig" <calvinlc at earthlink.net>
>To: "S-car list" <s-car-list at audifans.com>
>Subject: [s-cars] Bad Tire Wear...Blown Strut?
>Date: Mon, 2 Sep 2002 21:44:34 -0600
>
>In changing my brake pads today I jacked up the car passenger side, changed
>the pads, noticed a little bit of excessive wear on the inner side of the
>tire...in need of an alignment sort of thing and let the car back down.  I
>then went to the driver's side and jacked the car up...and jacked the car
>up....and jacked the car up some more, at about 10 inches of clearance
>between the fender and the tire the front wheel was still not off the
>ground.  I jacked the suspension up with one jack and the body with another
>so I could finish the brake job and noticed REALLY BAD inner side tire wear
>on the driver's side.  Could this be a blown strut cartridge causing this
>"jacking forever" syndrome, as well as the really excessive tire wear?  I
>checked everything else on the suspension and all looked good.  Assuming it
>is a blown strut what is a good strut cartridege to complement the stock
>'92
>S4 suspension?  Thanks!
>--Calvin Craig
>
>
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