Today the engine came out. Detaching the driveshaft from an S4 that has never had the driveshaft disconnected before is fun, boy those bolts are in there good. The driveshaft is also well attached to the transmission, even without the help of the bolts.
I tried something different this time to free the driveshaft from the transmission. I put the car in gear, raised the driver side rear wheel and gently rocked the wheel back and forth until the driveshaft popped free from the transmission. Much easier than laying under the car trying to pound the driveshaft free.
I was extremely pleased to have almost no coolant loss when removing the heater core hoses, there’s been times in the past where this part of the removal has produced a big mess on my garage floor.
I've gotten pretty far behind on making product reviews. Added to the slate are these Stern motor mounts which are replacing a set of RS4 motor mounts. Another new addition is a Driveshaft Shop single piece drive-shaft. The driveshaft support had been damaged on the manual transmission driveshaft and in…
After getting the car back on the road I discovered a slight vibration that would start around 40-50 mph growing more noticeable as speed increased to 60-70 mph. It was unaffected by varying rpm. I started troubleshooting with a trip to a shop to have the wheel balance checked. That…
Driveshaft Shop One piece driveshaft problems The refurb OEM 2 piece driveshaft was successful at eliminating the speed related vibration my car was experiencing. So it would seem that mine was one of the cases where a single piece driveshaft caused an unwelcome vibration in the car. Obviously spending the…
