RE: steering wheel shake

[Mike Mulholland <meyeke@netinc.ca>]

stephane, the joint on mine appeared to be binding and causing the steering
wheel to shimmy. at one point the steering wheel actually moved about a 1/4
turn as the wheel rotated. at no time did my cv joint click....clicking is a
good sign of wear. i took the joint apart and cleaned out the gummy goop
(like hardening tar). i then replaced the boot and reconnected the cv,
charged it with the correct grease and had no further problems. the car was
later sold and i bought my 86 5kcdtq. this car will have the boots pulled
back and the cv's cleaned and regreased before winter i hope. btw the
weather report is for a 'good' snowfall tomorrow. toronto area



At 01:20 AM 10/22/99 -0500, you wrote:
>Mike, I was just about to replace the right outer CV on my car because
>the boot split some time ago (PO) and it is starting to make a pretty
>severe clicking on sharp turns.  I wasn't aware that you could just
>clean them up and relube.  How far gone was yours when you redid it?
>
>Stephane Livolsi
>180 Yorston St
>Williams Lake, BC, V2G 3Z1
>ph 250-392-2637
>fax 250-392-2693
>
>'86 5KTQ stock (if you don't know what it means, you aren't in the club)
>
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>>From: 	Mike Mulholland[SMTP:meyeke@netinc.ca]
>>Sent: 	October 21, 1999 6:18 PM
>>To: 	audi@lucideas.com
>>Cc: 	quattro@audifans.com
>>Subject: 	steering wheel shake
>>
>>adam, i experienced this with one of my first audis and like you i found a
>>bad cv boot. i don't know how long the previous owner had driven it bad, but
>>the cv joint was dry and causing the problem. cleaning and  relubing the cv
>>joint and replacing the boot solved the problem
>>hth
>>mike
>>86 5kcdtq, tap chip sjm spring
>>84 5ks
>>84 5ksw
>>many cyclops bicycles
>>
>>
>
>
mike
86 5kcdtq, tap chip sjm spring
84 5ks
84 5ksw
many cyclops bicycles