5000CSTQ wheel bearings

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> At 10:34 AM 2/9/01, you wrote:

>> The Big Red Bus uses bolts, not nuts.  Audi's bearing kit includes a
>> new waisted bolt each time - I strongly suspect (from the torquing
>> instructions) that it's a stretch bolt like the cylinder head bolts.

> for the life of me, i can't figure out what bolts you are referring to
> here, and i've done this job myself front and rear...

A10Q/90/4/07/37-00 item 17.  Follow the chain of 'supercessions' as Audi
likes to refer to them, and you'll see that the first one replaces the
original bolt with one that has a 'shoulder'.  This is a stretch bolt
and replaces the original fully threaded item.  Torquing instructions
changed too - my notes are at the workshop, but I think it went from
280Nm to 80Nm + 180 degrees.  There's also a note somewhere about not
refitting the original fully threaded bolt.

Audi's wheel bearing kit for the Bus includes the bearing itself, a new
shouldered bolt, and a new bolt and securing nut for the lower ball
joint.

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