Re: your mail

[Andrew Shea <anshea@hawk.anselm.edu>]

> 
> 
>    My under 3000km Audi quattro is suffering from a pulling to the right.
>    This occurs if Im traveling on a straight road, if I let go of the
>    wheel the car slowly wanders to the right, and Im finding myself 
>    continuously countersteering against these effects.  I have to go back
>    to the shop again with it.  The first two times all they did was rotated
>    and aligned the tires to factory specs., but now Im convinced it is 
>    something else.  Could it be that the quattro is giving more power to the
>    right wheels of the car?  What ideas do you have?
> 
>    The tires are brand new, not worn at all.  In fact the car was fine up until
>    about a week ago when this developed.
> 
> Could be a brake caliper partially seized and "pulling". Quickie test:
> hop on the highway and scream down the road for awhile. Pull over and
> feel the wheels - is one of them noticeable hotter (especially near the
> hub, less noticeable near the rims) than the others? If so, that brake
>
 is seizing up (or you have a *serious* bearing problem).
>


   If it is a brake caliper that is seized, all you migh have to do is
drive in reverse for a little while. (Down the road. . .)  I had a
caliper seize on me and this is what I was told to do to correct the
problem.  It worked!!

	Andrew
> Of course, it could also be that your dealer is an idiot (which, irre-
> spective of your particular problem, covers most dealers I have had to
> deal with, at least as far as my UrQ goes). Go to a *good* mechanic and
> have your suspension ("alignment") checked out properly.
> 
> 					-RDH
>