Re: A transistorized CV Joint?

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

In message <36EED197.5F4394B1@frontiernet.net> M Connors writes:

>     Thanks for the E-mail.  No I don't have UFO's fortunately is has been
> retrofitted.  When I removed the wheel to start to troubleshoot I noticed a
> mild gouge in the rim and a slight nick on the bottom of the caliper.  I didn't
> put 2+2 together.  Now it is pretty obvious that is my problem.  I guess with
> all the rough icy roads during the snowstorm loosened up one of the caliper
> bolts on the wheel.  I recently had service done to that wheel and I suspect
> that they failed to use blue loctite on the caliper bolts.  That is something I
> will have to check also. I am just thankful as I was thinking it was my going
> to be my differential.  Thanks for the feedback as I plan on tackling it over
> the weekend.

Just recently we had a thread in which various regulars questioned my
insistence on following Audi's explicit (and thrice-repeated in the
microfiche) instructions that these bolts should _ALWAYS_ be replaced
with the ones supplied in every Audi OE brake pad kit.

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