[urq] subframe perhaps?

[Jim Haseltine]

Righthand engine mount?

Regards,

Jim Haseltine

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Johan H" <milisen at hotmail.com>
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Sent: Friday, October 28, 2005 8:37 AM
Subject: [urq] subframe perhaps?


> Keith,
>
> I found this old thread of yours dating back to feb 2004.
>
> I found it interesting because I am also experiencing an annoying clunking
> sound somewhere from te front. The weird thing is that the bushes are
> changed quite recently in my MB...
>
> What was causing the sound in your car?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Johan Hisinger
> Helsinki, Finland
>
>
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> SpotatAshleys spotatashleys at hotmail.com
> Sun Feb 15 07:18:05 EST 2004
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> Lately I seem to be fighting fires instead of enjoying my quattro. 
> Starting,
> clutch, alram and on and on etc.
> Anyway the latest problem to blight my free time is a clunk in the front 
> end
> somewhere.
> It is noticable at all speeds, is intermittent, doesn't seem to correlate
> specifically to acceleration, deceleration,braking or change in direction,
> it just happens. It is sufficient to "feel" through the floor and pedals.
> There is a slight tendancy to wander with the camber of the road but it is
> very slight. I put this down to the 8in rims. The car has had new shocks
> (bilstein), top mounts, control arm bushes, steering arms, anti-roll bar
> bushes, wheel bearings, ball joints show no play and everything is tight 
> and
> tightend to factory settings. It has got worse since changing the clutch a
> few weeks ago when the subframe was lowered to allow access to bellhousing
> bolts etc. The subframe mounts are in line for replacement.
> The question is: what else could it be? I'd like to cover all bases when I
> do the subframe mount job and fix this clunk once and for all.
> At the moment I feel a bit like a test pilot, wondering if the thing will
> hold together.
>
> Also I believe the front subframes of the coupe quattro and the urq are
> identical. Can anyone confirm this?
> I have a cq subframe that I intend using and simply do a subframe swap 
> (new
> bushes of course) and don't want to find it is no good when I'm half way
> through the job.
> As usual, any help gratefully received.
>
> Cheers
>
> Keith
>
> '87 urq
>
>
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