Type-44 Questions...rear suspension.

[mark schofield]

james accordino wrote:

> shot.  11+ yrs. and 180k+ miles.  They are all
> available separately save the ball joints in the front
> suspension, which are built into the control arm and
> the rear control arms which won't let you replace
> individual tie-rod ends separately.

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.

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.

Thanks

Mark Schofield
'87 200 Quattro Avant