[s-cars] Good news - bad noose

[jpb3wvu at frontiernet.net]

Bob,

I forgot to mention that I had the control arm bushings replaced
at the same time the subframe bushings.  The subframe bushings
were definitely toast, as they were craked and coming apart but
I am sure replacing the control arm bushings helped me out as
well.

In my case it happend more violently when I was on a fast RH
sweeper, between 80-90mph it literally felt like the steering
wheel was going to shake out of my hand.  So the reall bad
subframe bushing was the RH one, I bet your PS subframe bushing
is toast.

Also, WV roads really do abuse all the rubber bits in these
suspensions I have noticed.

John





> ----- Message from Bob at chips-ur-s.com ---------
>     Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2005 19:50:12 -0400
>     From: Robert Myers <Bob at chips-ur-s.com>
> Reply-To: Robert Myers <Bob at chips-ur-s.com>
>  Subject: Re: [s-cars] Good news - bad noose
>       To: Serge Filanovsky <s6serge at verizon.net>, s-car list
<s-car-list at audifans.com>
>
> At 06:04 PM 4/26/2005, Serge Filanovsky wrote:
>
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> >Assuming good radar protection, driving above 95 mph sounds
> like the easiest
> >solution.
>
> Good suggestion.  The V1 works pretty well.  :-)
>
>
> >Other than your own list I would also suspect
> >
> >5. Balance of wheel/tire
>
> Off a little but no weights are missing since the last
> rebalancing about
> three weeks ago.
>
> >6. Flat spot on tire
>
> Possibility but it wasn't obvious when the wheel was off the
> car this
> afternoon.
>
> >7. Bent wheel
>
> They looked to run true when balancing them three weeks ago.
>
> >8. Bad wheel bearing
>
> No unpleasant bearing noises from that direction.  ???
>
>
> >HTH
> >
> >Serge Filanovsky
> >
> >95.5 S6 Avant
> >
> >
> >
> > >
> > > Hi Y'all,
> > >
> > > Suspecting a blown RF strut cartridge I pulled mine
> (Bilstein HD).  I
> > > pulled out mu trusty BFPW and found I needed a BiggerFPW.
> A four foot
> > > piece of pipe took care of that.
> > >
> > > The good news - the cartridge and the strut bearing both
> appear to be OK.
> > >
> > > The bad news - the problem leading me to look at the
> cartridge wasn't
> > > caused by the cartridge which could have been replaced
> under warranty.
> > >
> > > The problem: a severe shimmy in the RF wheel/tire (it
> feels almost to be
> > > airborne about once each revolution) during a high speed
> (85-90 mph) left
> > > sweeper.  There is also a slight imbalance in that spot
> which can be felt
> > > slightly at highway speeds.  The frequency of the
> imbalance vibrations
> > > closely matches the shimmy frequency.  The shimmy goes
> away if I slow down
> > > to 80 or below or accelerate to 95 or above.  My thinking
> was that a blown
> > > strut might be failing to dampen out the vibration when at
> the natural
> > > resonance frequency for the setup.
> > >
> > > Other possible problems might be:
> > >
> > > 1.      tie rod ends
> > > 2.      ball joint
> > > 3.      subframe bushings
> > > 4.      lower control arm bushing
> > >
> > > Getting in there with a pry bar and seeing if anything
> moves more than what
> > > might be appropriate gave me no clues.
> > >
> > > The bushings are all original ~ ten years old and have
> traveled nearly 220K
> > > miles.
> > >
> > > What have I overlooked?  Any suggestions?
> > >
> > >
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