[urq] FW: Re: subframe perhaps?

[Johan H]

Hi Guys,

seems I found the cause to the noise. I checked the steering rack
and it seemed in good condition. I also checked the ball joints...

In the end I think it was the sway bar bushings that were causing the noise. 
Even though they looked to be in good condition. I changed these and haven't 
heard the noise after that. Thanks for all the help.

By the way, how many of you llive in Paris or nearby? I hope you and your 
quattros have survived the recent ryots. Hope it calms down soon.

Cheers,
Johan Hisinger
Helsinki, Finland

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>Subject: Re: [urq] subframe perhaps?
>Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2005 10:38:55 -0500
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>Johan,
>
>Did you also ceck/replace the front tie rods?  If loose, they can also 
>cause
>a noise.  In addition, I have had it happen that the front lower ball joint
>retaining bolt was not properly seated in the indent of the ball joint,
>essentially letting the ball joint slip up and down while driving.  I have
>found that it's a good idea to use a prybar to assist in this adjustment to
>push the top of the balljoint down a couple of millimeters.  Never use a
>prybar to expand the clamping joint itself.  Another reason to examine and
>likely replace this bolt and associated nut.  Let us know what you find 
>out.
>
>HTH
>
>Ingo
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Johan H" <milisen at hotmail.com>
>To: <urq at audifans.com>
>Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2005 1:22 AM
>Subject: Re: [urq] subframe perhaps?
>
>
> > Thanks Keith,
> >
> > Will have a look at the steering rack this week.
> >
> > I thought this clunk was so weird because all the bushes and all the 
>ball
> > joints are changed quite recently. The weird thing is that the car
>doesen't
> > wander around at all.
> >
> > I'll keep you guys updated when I find the fault.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Johan Hisinger
> > Helsinki, Finland
> >
> >
> >
> > Johan
> > I have had a further thought about this and am fairly sure I traced the
> > noise eventually to the steering rack. Has your car had a hard life? If
>you
> > grab hold of the rack at the point where the two tie rods are attached 
>and
> > lift it up and down there should be no play in it. If you can feel
>movement
> > you will get a clunk over even small changes in surface. It is time to 
>get
> > the rack reconditioned.
> >
> > If you decide to renew the subframe bushes the quickest way to do it is 
>to
> > get another subframe from a donor car - from a scrapyard perhaps? - (the
> > coupe quattro subframe is identical) and put the new bushes in this, 
>then
> > simply swap the subframes. It will save loads of time because removing 
>the
> > old bushes is a hell of a job.
> >
> > All the best
> >
> > Keith
> >
> >
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