I live in Seattle, where should I take my car?

[David Thoresen]

That would be your ball joint there bud...  looks to me like you need a 
new cv boot... call rod at thepartsconnection.com

Your toe in can be caused by a couple of things but mainly your tie 
rods need adjusting... but the ball joints adjust the camber...

what part of seattle are you in?  I am in West Seattle/Alki area...

David
90q 20v


On Monday, May 10, 2004, at 11:00 PM, Tyson Varosyan wrote:

> Huw,
>
> Please see http://www.up-times.com/Audi/part.jpg of the picture that I 
> took.
> Pardon the blur, its raining outside and I made the shot while blindly
> aiming behind the rim - it took about a dozen tries to get it.
>
> Anyhow, the part that the arrow is pointed to has certainly been 
> replaced.
> It lacks the grime and dirt that is all over everything else and looks
> pretty much brand new. The bolt that I am pointing to is also not 
> stock. It
> has Teflon on the inside of the nut, which I have never seen used in
> Automotive applications. Besides, its too shiny to have been original.
>
> The part looks to be cast iron and likely broke/shattered on impact. I 
> can
> see some marks on the inside of the rim where it rubbed up against 
> something
> while rotating. I would think that the car was driven off the road 
> after the
> impact and then towed. The bastard previous owner obviously failed to
> mention all of this.
>
> I am thinking that the two 17mm bolts that hold this part to the 
> suspension
> fork may be in the wrong place causing my toe alignment condition.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Tyson Varosyan
> Technical Manager, Uptime Technical Solutions LLC.
> tyson at up-times.com
> www.up-times.com
> 206-715-TECH (8324)
>
> UpTime/OnTime/AnyTime
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: quattro-bounces at audifans.com
> [mailto:quattro-bounces at audifans.com]On Behalf Of Huw Powell
> Sent: Monday, May 10, 2004 9:47 PM
> To: tyson at up-times.com
> Cc: Quattro at Audifans. Com (E-mail)
> Subject: Re: I live in Seattle, where should I take my car?
>
>
>> Alright, I looked all over for like 4 hours now. Everything looks 
>> normal,
>> nothing is bent, nothing seems broken. I haven't pulled the struts 
>> yet,
> but
>> Huw is telling me that the amount of play I showed in the picutres 
>> seemed
>> normal. That being said, I did find one part that seems to have been
>> replaced by the previous owner prior to sale. The part, as I see it 
>> may
>> cause all kinds of alignment issues if simply removed and installed
> without
>> thinking about alignment.
>
> What part was that?
>
> --
> Huw Powell
>
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>
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