Re: A4 grinding in tight turns

[ekellock@juno.com]

My '91 200qw does it too.  Glad to hear that I'm not alone.  I had
adopted the head-in-sand approach; didn't want to hear any bad news and
was waiting too see if it got worse.  Guess it won't.  As a matter of
fact I do remember my 5ktq doing something like that with the center diff
locked.

>>My Sube does this too...I am certainly not an expert on this, but I
>>believe it is a binding noise coming from the all wheel drivetrain.  I
>>had read that the quattro system wasn't as prone to noises such as
>>this, but your experience seems to suggest that it is common to any
>>AWD system.
>
>My 200q does this, too ... I've been told it's due to the Torsen center
>diff and since my friend's 5ktq makes the same noise with the center
>diff locked, I'm inclined to believe it.

Ed Kellock        QCUSA Member #2882
Lansing, IA
91 200qw - Indigo blue, titanium leather, IA Stage 3
87 gt coupe - Alpine white, white leather, TSW Evo's