Received: from mailgate.usr.com by robogate.usr.com with SMTP (IMA Internet Exchange 1.04b) id 1a218f20; Tue, 21 May 96 14:26:42 -0500 Received: from coimbra.ans.net by usr.com (8.7.3/3.1.090690-US Robotics) id OAA24065; Tue, 21 May 1996 14:22:15 -0500 (CDT) Received: (from majordom@localhost) by coimbra.ans.net (8.7.5/8.7.3) id PAA22052 for quattro-outgoing; Tue, 21 May 1996 15:11:26 -0400 (EDT) X-Authentication-Warning: coimbra.ans.net: majordom set sender to owner-quattro u sing -f Message-ID: <31A215E2.FC0@eznet.net> Date: Tue, 21 May 1996 15:13:39 -0400 From: Chris Newbold <cnewbold@eznet.net> Reply-To: cnewbold@eznet.net X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0B2 (WinNT; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: quattro@coimbra.ans.net Subject: Bad vibes Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-quattro@coimbra.ans.net Precedence: bulk
How good of shape are the brake rotors in?
perhaps you have one or both rotors _slightly_ warped, and after the brakes are
applied it warms them enough to make a difference????
You sure have a tough one here.
Todd Candey 85 4ksq
USRobotics 89 90q
Skokie, IL USA
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Subject: Bad vibes
Author: cnewbold@eznet.net at ~internet
Date: 5/21/96 03:13 PM
Help! :-) (What else would be appropriate for the Audi
list?!?) Some of you probably remember my tales of woe
with my 1993 90CS and vibration/shaking coming from the
front end.
At this point, the dealer has given up on the problem,
literally. Today, the service manager told me, very
bluntly, that there really wasn't anything else he
could do. Didn't have a clue what could be wrong and
said that what I describe is illogical and almost
unbelievable. So now I'm terribly pissed off that I've got
a $30k car with a problem fit for a $5k Yugo and no
help in sight...
I'll give y'all a brief recap of the problem, as I've
"learned" more about it in the past few months. I'm
pretty desperate for suggestions. Things to check, try,
etc. Legal advice about where to go next would be
good, too. :-/
Given a cold car and a cool, rainy day (wet roads and
damp car) the steering wheel will shake, as if the front
wheels were badly out of balance, when the car is
driven at about 63 MPH. The shaking will last anywhere
from 10 sec. to several minutes, and then subside, not
to return until the car is cold again. If I speed up
or slow down, the shaking increases (or decreases) in
frequency slightly, but vanishes below 60 or above 65.
What's already been tried: new tires, wheel balancing,
both ball joints, both tie-rod ends, lubed front calipers.
I know it's not strut bearings or sub-frame mounts, as
these cars don't have 'em.
So, help! I'm out of ideas and am truly frustrated
about this. I know Audis need love and attention,
but I've been good, really!
Thanks for lending your collective ear and for your
support!
-Chris