[Biturbos4] New S4?

[mike]

lower control arms....about a foot long, alloy, ball
joint at one end, rubber bush at the other

the ball joints had a lot of vertical play, 2mm on
one, bit more on the other

car is a 99 V6 S4

Germany is good, back to the UK in two days

Mike

 --- Grant <gfl1 at optonline.net> wrote: 
> I assume by trackrod ends you mean either lower
> control arms (the only 
> front suspension recall of which I'm aware) or tie
> rod ends.  probably 
> the later.
> 
> Iff (that's "if and only if") there was no play in
> the tie rods, and 
> iff they can measure the exact number of turns (the
> tie rod screws into 
> the tie rod end by MANY threads, which is how you
> adjust toe), then 
> ....ok.
> 
> I, on the other hand, just had both replaced and
> they did a toe 
> adjustment, although not a full 4-wheel alignment.
> 
> "They", in my case, was not the dealer.
> 
> Pls forward info on the failing tierod recall (if
> that's what it is).  
> I bet lots of us would like reimbursement :-)
> 
> Hope Germany was enjoyable,
> 
> Grant
> On Jan 2, 2005, at 5:24 PM, mike wrote:
> 
> > Re the dealer/diy cam belt question....I'm
> spending
> > christmas in germany so had it done at a dealer
> over
> > here...both belts, all the idlers etc, WP and cam
> and
> > crank oil seals
> >
> > they also picked up that the car was due a recall
> for
> > failing trackrod ends so changed both arms at no
> extra
> > cost but didn't do a wheel alignment...I think
> they
> > should have, they say audi allow the arms to be
> > changed without an alignment
> >
> > Any views on this?
> >
> > Cheers & happy new year to all
> >
> > Mike
> >
> >
> >
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> >
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