Front end shake - where to look?
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Just an idea...I had an avalanche that did that = STRUTS ; Chevy 2500 = Struts....I had a nissan truck that did that = STRUTS...soooo, from experience with NON-AUDIs and the shaking bump syndrome, I'd say it's your Struts...I did them on my Gold Audi at 268000 (it wasn't shaking YET)...and when I undid my coil overs (I just wanted to do the struts) 2 of the springs broke on the tensioner (they didn't look bad), the ends just snapped off the coil......then I had to buy complete NEW coil overs.....
Check your struts and your springs, but as I said, every truck I've ever had that did that, hit a bump and the steering shakes/shudders has been the struts....
Check your struts and your springs, but as I said, every truck I've ever had that did that, hit a bump and the steering shakes/shudders has been the struts....
Also, I am never again installing the fronts on my own. This was a total bitch. The spring compressor I had wouldn't fit into the H&R coils so I had to run the coil over unit to my friendly indy shop who undid it for me and reassembled using the original shock + H&R coil. Also, it was a pain trying to fit the shock back into place.... Nothing is easy in this freakin car. I could have done all 4 corners in my old M3 with the time I spent on one corner. Handling wise, I can't really tell the difference between the right side and left side. It's possible that the passenger side is so old that it just acts like the original shock.
So now the question is.... do I put in the original shock on the other side or do I get new Bilstein Heavy Duty shocks for the front?
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IF they are lifetime, can't you get them replaced for FREE? Warranty?
I wouldn't mix and match..don't remember if it's a quattro or not, but put the same on the front on both sides...like I said, my springs broke doing this, had they NOT broken in the compressor, I would have put them back on and they would've broken later on
I would see if THEY warranty both sides, get 2 or 4 for free......
I wouldn't mix and match..don't remember if it's a quattro or not, but put the same on the front on both sides...like I said, my springs broke doing this, had they NOT broken in the compressor, I would have put them back on and they would've broken later on
I would see if THEY warranty both sides, get 2 or 4 for free......
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