[s-cars] Strange front end vibration or shaking - 94 S4

[jpb3wvu at frontiernet.net]

Tim,
The same exact thing happened to my S6 except it was primarily
when I made right hand turns at speed, especially long sweepers.
 I neded up replacing the control arm bushings and the SUB-FRAME
BUSHINGS.  The culprit was the sub-frame bushings, I will bet
money that is your problem.  Make sure you or your mechanic
orders the metal sleeve for the subframe bolt, it's a dealer
only part and is most likely chewed up as mine was.
 HTH
John





> ----- Message from vader at qwest.net ---------
>     Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 14:15:23 -0700
>     From: Tim Sexton <vader at qwest.net>
> Reply-To: Tim Sexton <vader at qwest.net>
>  Subject: [s-cars] Strange front end vibration or shaking - 94
S4
>       To: s-car-list at audifans.com
>
> Hello All,
>     When making left hand turns at speeds of greater than 75
> mph, the
> front end on my 94 S4 begins to vibrate/shake fairly
> violently.  It
> feels like it originates somewhere in the front right
> suspension.  The
> car has new tie rods and control arms and I've lifted the
> wheel off the
> ground and can see no visible play anywhere in the suspension
> when
> physically moving the tire in various directions.  I've also
> rotated the
> tires and still get the same bad vibration/shaking.
>     I was searching through the archives and saw a few other
> posts with
> the same symptoms, but didn't ever find if anyone had come up
> with a
> solution.   I'm wondering if it's a bad wheel bearing, but I'm
> guessing
> that if the wheel bearing was that bad, the noise would be
> pretty loud
> and I'd be able to detect it when moving the tire with the
> suspension
> off the ground.  Any ideas, or did any of the other guys with
> the same
> issue ever find the culprit?
> Thanks for the help,
> Tim Sexton
>
> Colorado Springs, Colorado
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