Type-44 Questions...rear suspension.

[Konstantin Bogach]

I recently put new Bilsteins into rear of 200qw and it looks like
another 200q I have with Boge.  I measured all both shocks and they have
same shaft length, same shock length and same travel path length.  When
I changed bad bushing in the rear trapezoidal arm the car raised about
1''.  Bushings were very very bad.

Konstantin Bogach.

james accordino wrote:

> --- mark schofield <200quattro at lineone.net> wrote:
>
> > Rear tie rod ends are available separately in the
> > UK. Both my outers were
> > completely shot (160k) so I replaced them but the
> > inners seemed OK. Probably
> > false economy in the long term but there you go.
> >
> Maybe not.  My outers were also wasted, but the inners
> were both lubed AND tight.  I would have swapped just
> the outers if they were available seperately at a cost
> savings.
>
> > I have fitted a pair of Bilstein rear shocks to this
> > vehicle (Type
> > F4-BE5-2593-HO) It looks like these will lower it
> > slightly as I reckon the
> > spring platforms sit about 10-15mm lower than the
> > Boge originals. This has
> > obviously used up some of the damper travel, am I
> > going to spoil my new
> > shocks by bottoming them out? IMHO I don't think it
> > will but I would
> > appreciate comments from anyone who has BTDT.
> >
> Strange.  New shocks (Boge Turbogas) in the rear
> raised the car back to original height.  I haven't
> heard of any problems using the Bilstein shocks,
> though.
>
> Jim Accordino