Bushings on an Audi 90CS

[Alan Pritchard]

hmm, i replaced my bushings in my cgt with homemade delrin items and found
the upgrade marginally noisier, but the benefits far outweighed it, a good
compromise would be to try other materials, i believe you can by
denser-than-stock rubber units, i toyed with the idea of using polypropolene
which has a tad more give to it than delrin.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian O'" <briano_72 at yahoo.com>
To: <printhead at usinternet.com>; "quattro list" <quattro at audifans.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2001 2:04 PM
Subject: Re: Bushings on an Audi 90CS


> you dont need a press. you do need some big socket
> though. get the arm out and put a big socket on the
> side the bushing will be coming out of, smack the
> bushing till its flush with the arm, then use a socket
> that is the same side as the bushing and drive it out.
> then you just need to beat the new one in, the last
> time i did these, now the car was on a lift, i did all
> 4 in about 20 minutes, ive done a few though !!!
>                                      brian o'
> --- printhead at usinternet.com wrote:
> > Tony
> >
> > Replacement of bushings on the front of these cars
> > is a straight-forward, although time-consuming
> > process, assuming access to a hydraulic press and
> > various press tools.
> >
> > Regarding the question of Delrin or similar
> > bushings:
> >
> > I have experience with these installed on the front
> > suspension of an '88 80Q, which has similar front
> > pieces to your '93. In my opinion, they are a
> > competition-only "upgrade". Sure, they do a great
> > job of locating the front a-arm. But NVH (noise,
> > vibration and harshness) went up. Low levels of NVH
> > are one of the reasons we own cars like the Audi.
> > Why give that up.
> >
> > Secondly, I contend that they are ill thought-out
> > (at least the ones sold by Blau). The sleeves were
> > made of steel, and in the rust belt at least, once
> > those sleeves begin to rust, the whole assembly
> > starts to squeek. And I mean squeek! I thought that
> > you could possibly make you own sleeves out of
> > stainless, but why would you want to pay Blau for
> > that priviledge?
> >
> > The delrin bushing are great for a track-prepared
> > car, even mandatory, I'd say. But them being
> > marketed as good alternatives to the factory rubber
> > set-up is pure hogwash, in my opinion.
> >
> > Tom LH
> > 95 90Q
> >
> > << Anyone familiar with maintenance on the front
> > suspension on a 1993 90 cs... I would like to get
> > the front suspension like new again... I have a
> > feeling bushings will need to be changed... any
> > ideas on which ones?? Delrin ones too hard?? what
> > else should I look out for?? any information is
> > greatly appreciated..
> >
> > Tony>>
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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