[s-cars] Driveshaft Shudder & Squeal

[Mark Turczyn]

At 7:47 AM -0500 3/30/07, <keithbedard at verizon.net> wrote:
>I recently found an old post, which is EXACTLY 
>the same two problems I have with my 1995.5 S6:
>1.  shudder, or vibration, mostly noticeable on 
>early take off in first or second.
>2.  a squeal that  sounds like fan against 
>radiator while decelerating under load.
>
>The post from 2004 is here:
>http://coimbra.ans.net/pipermail/s-car-list/2004-January/024473.html
>
>Tomorrow (Saturday), I will only have a couple 
>of hours to try to diagnose the culprit.  Any 
>ideas?  Hopefully Rich “Guzz” if you read this 
>message, would be great to hear what the problem 
>was
  Dried-out driveshaft front CV joint?  How 
>do I diagnose if the driveshaft CV are bad?  I 
>don’t think it is the driveshaft bearing, and 
>exhaust does not appear to be touching 
>driveshaft.
>
>Any experience, thoughts, or ideas would be greatly appreciated.
>
>Thank you,
>Keith Bedard



Keith-

I had banging (no shutter or squeal) so  I pulled 
my CV while leaving the drive shaft in place 
using a puller.  It was dry and notchy and did 
not even respond to cleaning and straight oiling. 
It was brinelled.

I have ordered the Porsche CV.  When I get it all 
back together I will let you know if this was the 
culprit or another problem you always find when 
you are trying to solve the first problem.
-- 
Mark Turczyn