[s-cars] Good news - bad noose(correction)

Wed Apr 27 08:22:54 EDT 2005

Dang,

I need more coffee!  My DS subframe was toast not RH!

john

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>  Subject: Re: [s-cars] Good news - bad noose
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> 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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