Re: Searching for steering wobble reason

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

Alexander;

    I seem to recall that the Type 44's had a problem with steering wobble
when braking. Audi supplied new bushings to resolve it, but I can't recall
which bushings. I've seen this mentioned in the Bentley, but when I went to
look for it, the Bentley's excellent orginizational structure took me to
exactly the wrong place. Five times. But it's in there somewhere. In any
case, this seems to implicate bushings in steering wobble.
    It sounds like your car was mangled by the bungler that originally
worked on it. If your control arms are distorted, you should replace them
and install new bushings.

HTH

Fred Munro
'91 200q  281k km

----- Original Message -----
From: Alexander van Gerbig <Audi_80@email.msn.com>
To: Quattro List <quattro@audifans.com>
Sent: Saturday, October 09, 1999 7:36 PM
Subject: Searching for steering wobble reason


>     Steering wobble between 60-45mph, much more noticable under braking,
for
> the last 2-3 weeks.  I finally got around to rotate my tires tonight after
> work.  Back to front to check for out of balance front tires.  I torqued
> each bolt to 80 ft lbs.  Front rotors have small warpage from big stop
after
> high speed run, that happened only 2 days ago.  I believe I also cooked
some
> of the brake fluid, time to flush and replace with ATE super blue.
>     After rotating the tires the steering became much smoother.  The
wobble
> still exists in the exact same speed range, same exact feeling, more
> noticable under braking.  So I assume balance the balance on the front
tires
> is fine since the wobble remains the same after rotating, this a good
> assumption?
>     Could this be an alignment problem, toe got muffed by a bump?
Alignment
> performed last month, new tie rod ends and NO steering wobble until 2
weeks
> after the alignment.
>     Control arm bushings installed badly, but according to mechanic they
> aren't showing unreasonable flex.  He believes they are not the problem,
but
> the control arms were "distorted" during the bushing installation.
Control
> arm distortion casuing the problem?  Mechanic says probably not.
>     What else could be causing the problem I am experiencing?  The
steering
> wheel wobbles side to side but the car does not track improperly.  Anyone
> have any better ideas?
>
> Thanks again!
>
> Alexander van Gerbig
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