Re: Road Crown (85 4ksq)

[quk@isham-research.demon.co.uk (Phil Payne)]

In message <001701be4a3b$309a5860$2a76090c@att.net> tturse@ps-b.com (Thomas Turse) writes:

> OK, so now I've taken the car to a local Boulder shop that supposedly knows
> these cars very well.  They said the symptom is most likely an alignment
> problem and they said the actual published alignment specs for these cars
> are incorrect.  They charge $85 for an alignment  And basically assured me
> that if all else up fron is well, this will fix the problem.  I had it
> aligned three times at a Goodyear Tire shop- probably a big mistake.  If
> anyone knows anything about this published data error claim, please shed
> some light.

I don't know about the 4kq, but there is most certainly a grievous
error in the factory microfiche for the ur-quattro.

D 000.5147.30.00, frame 44-03, gives total track on the front axle
as zero degrees +55'/-10'.  This should actually be +5'/-10', and was
corrected by Merkblatt D 000.5147.31.00

The ur-quattro and the 4kq are similar enough for some stuff to have
been copied between the two, so I find the idea of a documentation
error in the 4kq factory materials entirely plausible.

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