[A8] New to The List

[Jason Wilkerson]

I did tighten them with the weight on the suspension, but I'm not sure what you are talking about when you mention the arm and strut?

--- On Tue, 4/26/11, Britt Crowell <britt at BrittCrowell.com> wrote:

> From: Britt Crowell <britt at BrittCrowell.com>
> Subject: Re: [A8] New to The List
> To: a8 at audifans.com
> Date: Tuesday, April 26, 2011, 12:12 AM
> I hate to pimp out the "other" place
> to go. But the guys at the D2
> quattroworld.com site have a lot of experience + a good
> nudy pic on
> occasion.
> Nice to see the A8 AudiFans list light up a bit though!
> I've got 2 '97 A8s and on '01 A8L
> My tranny died in my first A8 at 172K about 2.5 years ago (
> but with
> some extenuating circumstances). Just got another one that
> was totaled
> by a parking lot rear-ending. Plan is to switch out the
> trannys and
> engine and get back to driving.
> 
> On the suspension, did you wait to tighten the lower
> control arm inner
> bolt bushing with full weight on the wheel? And set the one
> upper
> control arm at the right angle/measurement when you
> tightened it before
> reinstall of the shock assembly?
> 
> The new A8 is 2,866 vin numbers off from mine. The new one
> has a build
> date of 1/97 and my other one is 11/97, only the last 4
> digits of the
> vin are different.
> 
> Britt
> 
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