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["Haley, Doug" <HaleyD@yankelovich.com>]

Mehul Dholakia on  Tue, 27 Aug 1996 17:44:46 -0400 (EDT) wrote:

>now for something interesting -
>I have an 88 90Q - 5 spd. When I put the car into second gear, the stick
>shift vibrates visibly. Sometimes, though rarely, this does not happen
>and the stick seems fine. In this position(non-vibrating), the stick seems
>to be resting in a position that is slightly off compared to what it
>normally ends up in. Any ideas on cause/solution ?

I had something like this in my old Audi 5k.  It turned out that one of my 
motor mounts had deteriorated.  Depending on motor motion the engine mount 
would shift, causing weird sensations through the shifter.  With the 5 cyl 
engine, the motor mounts are a critical part of the NVH (Noise, Vibration & 
Harshness) tuning, used to damp out the uneven firing pattern of the 
inherently unbalance 5 cylinder.  When one of the motor mounts goes or is 
going, the vibrations are transmitted much more directly. YMMV.

Doug Haley
"There is no fundamental difference between a sufficiently advanced 
technology and magic" A.C.Clarke
'92 S4 (mine)
'95 Saab Turbo Conv (hers)
'91 Sentra SE-R (theirs)
'61 Alfa Giulietta Spider Veloce (ours)