FW: front sway bar R&R - any tricks?

[Livolsi, Stephane]

That is nasty, getting it back on.  I almost knocked myself out when the bar
I was using to pry it into position slipped and hit me in the head.  (Come
to think of it that probably explains a lot of my behaviour since
then.....:))

IIRC, it was easier to install the sway bar into the control rods first,
then bolt the sway bar to the car.

Stephane

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> From: 	Dave C[SMTP:conner at cfm.Ohio-State.edu]
> Sent: 	November 18, 2002 10:16 PM
> To: 	200q20v at audifans.com; quattro at audifans.com
> Subject: 	front sway bar R&R - any tricks?
>
> Is there a trick to installing the front sway bar on the type 44?  I've
> done it a few times but it always turns into a mighty struggle.  I assume
> there's a better way ... but I haven't found the right combination of
> things to adjust (weight on/off the wheels, etc) to get the ends inserted
> into the control arms without a fight.
>
> I'm finishing up a rebuild of the front end on my 87 5kq and will be
> dealing with this soon.
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> Dave C.
>