[s-cars] Driveshaft Shudder & Squeal

[keithbedard at verizon.net]

Mark,

Thanks for the reply.  I look forward to hearing back if this solves your banging problem.

-Keith




>From: Mark Turczyn <mkturczyn at verizon.net>
>Date: 2007/03/30 Fri PM 02:07:35 CDT
>To: keithbedard at verizon.net, s-car-list at audifans.com
>Subject: Re: [s-cars] Driveshaft Shudder & Squeal

>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