Re: loose drivetrain normal?

["Fred Munro" <munrof@isys.ca>]

Brett;

    Your description sounds like normal play. I get an occaisional "clunk"
from the drivetrain on my '91 200q when I let out the clutch - it is very
infrequent, perhaps two or three times a year. I have noticed similar play
in the wheel if one is jacked up. Other listers have mentioned this in past
postings, so I don't think you are seeing anything abnormal.

HTH

Fred Munro
'91 200q  267k km
-----Original Message-----
From: Brett Dikeman <brett@pdikeman.ne.mediaone.net>
To: quattro@coimbra.ans.net <quattro@coimbra.ans.net>
Date: Friday, January 22, 1999 5:02 PM
Subject: loose drivetrain normal?


>I asked this question a couple months ago, never got an answer, so here
>goes...
>
>How much "play" should be expected when the car is jacked up from one
>corner, and I rotate a front tire?  I do so, get a "clunk" from the area
>of the rear diff...and the tire rotates quite a bit.  During normal
>driving, I sometimes can "feel" the play in the system when letting up the
>clutch.
>
>This is disturbing...is it normal?  The car will be going into an
>alignment shop that also does drivetrain work, so I might ask them, but I
>want the opinion of a bunch of quattro-saavy people first :)
>
>BTW, I don't have an exact measurement for rotation...maybe 1/8th of a
>turn?  This is just a guess.
>
>Brett
>91 200q20v TAP Stg I
>
>