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Re: '98 A6Q "Quattro shudder"

Bill Kolofa writes:
> Had a talk with Audi service about my '98 A6Q. It has a "shudder" when you take off form a standing start with the wheels turned. It 
> only happens when the wheels are turned almost to full lock in either direction. 
> Plus, it is there only until you get to around 5 mph. Wet pavement aggrevates 
> the "shudder". The feeling at Audi was that it may be a normal condition. Any 
> late model owners with a similiar "shudder"??

Yeah that's normal.  It's your Torsen center differential doing its work.

-Ti
96 A4 2.8 quattro
84 5000S 2.1 turbo
80 4000 2.0
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