repair rear-axle mountings on typ 43 Audi

[Huw Powell]

dropping the axle isn't *that* hard - undo the brake lines, undo the
shocks, and separate the panhard rod and the bolts through the bushing
you mention.  The old ones may need to be cut out, new ones can be
pressed in.

you'll have to paste this url together to make it work:

http://www.humanspeakers.com/cgi-bin/humanspeakers/audi_img.pl?image=rearaxl1.jpg&desc=New%20bushings%20and%20fresh%20paint%20on%20my%20Coupes%20rear%20axle&return1=r&return2=photos.htm

or go to

http://www.humanspeakers.com/audi/ click on Image Index, the "R" and
pick rearaxle.jpg

to see the (similar) rear axle from my 82 Coupe, painted and rebushed. 
No how tos or close ups though.

The little slots in the new bushings are supposed to be positioned
"fore" and "aft", btw.

robwill2 at wxs.nl wrote:
> 
> Hi group,
> 
> Is it possible to 'self-repair' the mountings for the trailing
> arms of the back-axle of my 1982 Audi 100 (typ 43)??
> I assume the whole axle is to be removed to do this..
> How are the bushes where the trailing arms 'rotate' in the
> mountings on the car's bottom removed (metal-rubber
> bushes)??
> 
> Hope there is a solution for Audi's problem that will
> become lethal when nothing can be done...
> 
> TX,
> Robert
> robwill2 at wxs.nl

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