Hello guys I'm new to the forum as just purchased a b7 s4.  Love the car and everything works except tv, but I'll have a look at that later.  What has me a little worried is the scrubbing noise when turning on full lock left or right, almost as if the wheels are skipping.  It' running 235.35.19 all round.  Please tell me it' nothing to worry about.

 

Cheers Andy

Welcome to the forum Andy, you'll find the members on here are a friendly and helpful bunch :) 

My first couple of questions are: 

Are the wheels standard? 

And is the car lowered? 

The first thing you could check is if the tyres/wheels are rubbing on either the wheel arch liner, inside of the wheel arch or rubbing on the suspension. 

Cheers

Steve

Hello Steve thanks for replying.  The car is standard.  Regards the tyres scrubbing I've not had a chance to have a Look with working shifts.  If the weather is a bit better at the weekend I'll have a good look.  Had a look at the tyres and there is no scrubbing marks on them.  Are there any issues with the diff on these as I've got a bad feeling with out really looking at it that it could be at fault.

Looks a very nice a4 :) let me know when you've had a chance to check the tyres etc. Is the a4 handling normally? 

Cheers

Steve

I've had a look at the tyres and there's no scrubbing on them.  And the areas they may contact and there is nothing. Regards the handling, it's spot on.  No knocks or bangs or anything it's ok.

Hmm, ok. Well.if it's not the handling or tyres then I wonder what it is. Does the noise happen at specific speeds, road conditions etc? 

Does it when pulling out of parking spaces, away from juctions when a fair amount of lock is required.

I wondering then if it's some rubber bush that's failing or CV joint etc? 

I dont think it's driveshafts as this would make a knocking noise instead of a scrubbing noise.

Cheers

Steve