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Re: '98 A6Q "Quattro shudder"

To: billk@ecg.csg.mot.com (Bill Kolofa)
Subject: Re: '98 A6Q "Quattro shudder"
From: Andrew Duane USG <duane@hunch.zk3.dec.com>
Date: Tue, 8 Dec 1998 12:39:01 -0500 (EST)
Cc: quattro@coimbra.ans.net (Quattro List)
In-Reply-To: <199812081715.LAA22461@ic804.ecg.csg.mot.com> from "Bill Kolofa" at Dec 8, 98 11:15:29 am
Reply-To: duane@zk3.dec.com
Sender: owner-quattro@coimbra.ans.net

Hairy green toads from Mars made Bill Kolofa say:

> 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"??

It's the infamous Torsen spyder-bite. It's from the diffs
trying to keep the wheels turning.

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Andrew L. Duane (JOT-7)			duane@zk3.dec.com
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References:
- '98 A6Q "Quattro shudder"
  - From: Bill Kolofa <billk@ecg.csg.mot.com>

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