Re: 5kTQ dragging and clanking

[Igor Kessel <e6941tb@ix.netcom.com>]

Scott Oliver wrote:
> 
> My 87 5kTQ (new master cylinder, nearly new bomb, stainless steel
> lines) has developed a new malady:  turn sharply and go up or down
> (i.e., drive in or out of a driveway).  I can feel something starting to drag,
> as if the brakes are being applied lightly,  and then, 3 to 6 feet later,
> there's a loud metallic CLANK and the dragging disappears.  It only
> happens occasionally, but it's always when going in or out of a
> driveway.  Hot or cold brakes makes no difference.  Diffs lock and
> unlock normally.  Can't tell which wheel(s) is affected, or even which
> end of the car it comes from.  The clank is LOUD--people walking by on
> the street turn around.  My (good) Audi mechanic has no idea.

Scott, are you sure it does not sound like a normal Audi ABS self-diagnostic routine?
Mine does it too, only in the morning, and only when I exit my steep downward driveway AND 
cut the wheels sharply in order to back into the street at 90°. It does not sound nearly as 
dramatic as you are describing, tho.

-- 
Igor Kessel
'89 200TQ - 18psi (TAP)
'97 A4TQ - on the boat
Philadelphia, PA
USA