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Hi Phil,
In your reply to the message below you wrote about a greese nipple on the
universal joint of a quattro propeller shaft. On my 4000 CSQ this nipple
look impossible to get to the way it is assembled. It looks as if the angle
of the nipple would line up with the gap between the two shaft halfs if the
joint was rotated 90 degrees. Have you seen this before? Can the nipple be
rotated? Can you make your own shaft alignment tool? This joint is a pricey
part and I wouldn't want to let it die early because I couldn't greese it. I
got the car used so there is no telling what may have been done to it in the
past.
Thanks,
Damon
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Subj: TQ rumble
Date: 97-09-23 18:38:51 EDT
From: quk@isham-research.demon.co.uk (Phil Payn)
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In message <970923151408_2020235546@emout20.mail.aol.com> WBITTRICH@aol.com
writes:
> Right off the blocks I have a question: I just bought an '87 TQ with 140K.
> All is fine with the vehicle except for a slight rumble at city cruising
> speeds (25-40 MPH). At acceleration and braking it is not present.
Most likely a slightly mis-aligned prop shaft. The centre mounting should be
shimmed using a special jig to get the prop shaft exactly in line - at 140k
the
odds are pretty good that someone has had the thing out and put it back
without re-aligning it. If you don't fix it, it'll just carry on rumbling
for
the next 140k miles.
If you decide not to fix it - make sure you check the centre universal joint,
roughly under the centre of the car. Sometimes there's a grease nipple in
the
centre of the universal joint.
> It sounds as though it's coming from the rear end.
All quattros are accomplished ventriloquists.
--
Phil Payne
Committee Member, UK Audi [ur-]quattro Owners Club
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In message <970923151408_2020235546@emout20.mail.aol.com> WBITTRICH@aol.com
writes:
> Right off the blocks I have a question: I just bought an '87 TQ with 140K.
> All is fine with the vehicle except for a slight rumble at city cruising
> speeds (25-40 MPH). At acceleration and braking it is not present.
Most likely a slightly mis-aligned prop shaft. The centre mounting should be
shimmed using a special jig to get the prop shaft exactly in line - at 140k
the
odds are pretty good that someone has had the thing out and put it back
without re-aligning it. If you don't fix it, it'll just carry on rumbling
for
the next 140k miles.
If you decide not to fix it - make sure you check the centre universal joint,
roughly under the centre of the car. Sometimes there's a grease nipple in
the
centre of the universal joint.
> It sounds as though it's coming from the rear end.
All quattros are accomplished ventriloquists.
--
Phil Payne
Committee Member, UK Audi [ur-]quattro Owners Club