80q front ball joint issue

[Chris Semple]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: quattro-bounces at audifans.com
> [mailto:quattro-bounces at audifans.com]On Behalf Of Bluemaxww1 at aol.com

> Stacy,
> According to the family album, that is the correct number for
>  your car.
> Does the old one or the new one have a part number on  it?
> You say this is the
> right one, have you compared the left ones  yet?
>
> Maybe the ball joint that way on you car is the wrong one and was a
> replacement a while back?  Maybe chinese junk?  Mayve PO
> replaced it  wrong previously?
>
> One way to tell is pull one from earlier 89/90Q in maybe at a
> pick and pull and compare it.

> Or get hold of 336F balljoint, which is from earlier model
> and compare it  to
> what you have on the car?

> Doesn't seem like this is much help.
> Greg

You mean 366F on the early style bj? Yeah, that'd be the only other 80/90
10v application that I can think of. Is the cone a 19mm shaft? Should be
19mm vs 17mm for 4k/80/90 FWD apps. Worth checking to ensure it wasn't just
a warehouse misbox(not that *that* ever happens). The late 20v cars have the
3bolt balljoints, but that's not what you have, right Stacy?

-Cheers
Chris Semple
Concord NH
'92 S4
   '02 F350 DRW
      '93 E350 Club





> samsims at ulmail.net writes:
>
> I have a  '91 80q (cast control arms) and am replacing both
> front ball
> joints.  My  issue is with the replacement right ball (893
> 407 366E) joint, it does
> not  have the same dimensions as the old one, the ball of the
> joint is located
>  ~3/8" further foward than the original in relation to the
> mounting holes.
> Also, the rod that goes into the strut is short by ~1/4".
> This all says  wrong
> part to me.  The supplier says its the correct one.  Its also
>  the same unit
> thepartsbin.com shows in their pic.  The mounting holes
> work, and the rod dia
> is the same.  Anyone run into this before?   Whats going one here!?
> Thanks
> Stacy