[A8] New to The List

[Jason Wilkerson]

I think it can go either way.  On my 99 the control arm in the front needed to be level when tightening because the bushing was perpendicular to the ground, the front on the other hand was parallel with the ground.  I was originally sent a front that had a bushing perpendicular, which was the wrong part for a newer a8.  They sent me the right part, but depending on your year you may have to tighten it all while on the ground.  Good luck.

--- On Mon, 8/8/11, Mike Ryan <mickeytryan1 at cox.net> wrote:

> From: Mike Ryan <mickeytryan1 at cox.net>
> Subject: RE: [A8] New to The List
> To: "'Cody Forbes'" <cody at 5000tq.com>, "'Britt Crowell'" <britt at BrittCrowell.com>, "'Jason Wilkerson'" <wilke_jb at yahoo.com>, a8 at audifans.com
> Date: Monday, August 8, 2011, 12:08 PM
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: a8-bounces at audifans.com
> [mailto:a8-bounces at audifans.com]
> On Behalf Of
> Cody Forbes
> Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2011 9:27 AM
> To: Britt Crowell; Jason Wilkerson; a8 at audifans.com
> Subject: Re: [A8] New to The List
> 
> Sure it's not both? I was pretty certain that it specifies
> to set BOTH upper
> 
> arms at the proper angle to match vehicle rest height.
> 
> As an FYI to anybody out there that hasn't changed their
> upper arms yet:
> It's 
> a sorta annoying job because Audi assembled them in such a
> way that the 
> securing bolts can not be removed without removing the
> entire strut assembly
> 
> from the car. If you re-install the bolts the other way
> around (bolt head 
> closer to the spring) you can in the future remove the arms
> without pulling 
> the strut assembly.
> 
> -Cody
> 
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "Britt Crowell" <britt at BrittCrowell.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2011 9:08 AM
> To: "Jason Wilkerson" <wilke_jb at yahoo.com>;
> <a8 at audifans.com>
> Subject: Re: [A8] New to The List
> 
> > One of the upper control arms have to be set at the
> right position and
> > tightened before reinstalling the strut/spring
> assembly. It's in the
> > Bentley I think, and I believe it was in the
> instructions I got with my
> > control arm kit too.
> >
> > Britt
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jason Wilkerson [mailto:wilke_jb at yahoo.com]
> > Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2011 8:03 AM
> > To: Britt Crowell; a8 at audifans.com
> > Subject: Re: [A8] New to The List
> >
> > 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?
> >
> >
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