a very rough Audi weekend

[Fred Munro]

Just pointing out it's mentioned in the Bentley, Javad, I wasn't denigrating
your input. Maybe the design engineers had a reason for doing it this way -
I don't know, do you?

Chill out, man :o)

Fred Munro
'94 S4


-----Original Message-----
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Sent: July 21, 2003 10:27 PM
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Subject: Re: a very rough Audi weekend


That's fine and dandy, but my comments below still stand, that is hardly the
most critical part of the installation.

Javad

> The UrS4 Bentley specifies that the ball joint bolt head should face to
the
> rear of the car.
>
> Fred Munro
> '94 S4
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: quattro-admin at audifans.com [mailto:quattro-admin at audifans.com]On
> Behalf Of JShadzi at aol.com
> Sent: July 21, 2003 7:19 PM
> To: auditude at cox.net; mswanson at sonitrol.net
> Cc: quattro at audifans.com
> Subject: re: a very rough Audi weekend
>
>
> Yes, I've heard this too, but lets face it, the nastly vibrations a strut
> housing encounters will overpower or reverse any of this philisophical
> wrangling below - if the nut falls off your ball joint fastener, you're
> screwed, doesn't matter which way its facing.
>
> I think the idea is to use the right fasteners and ensure they're torqued
> properly, and not to take any peace in thinking you're safe because the
bolt
> is facing one way or the other.  I've never had a failure here, most
people
> haven't, I always use new lock nuts whenever I'm in the ball joint area,
and
> replace the bolt if need be.
>
> Javad
>
> >
> >Hey, since this is a safety topic, I think that bolt is the wrong way.
It
> is said that braking forces are much stronger than acceleration forces,
and
> that it is best to have the bolt go in from the back.  This way if you
> somehow lose the nut, the bolt is less likely to be lost from braking
> forces.
> >
> >At least that's what I remember Phil Payne stating, and it
> makes sense to
> me.
> >
> >Ken
> >
> >
> >