4kq rear tie rod end boots.

[Robert Mangas]

   LOL, would you believe the thought didn't even cross my mind?   I'll give 
it a try; certainly have nothing to lose...

     the FA doesn't list it as a separate part; can I infer anything from 
that?

r

>From: "Edward R. Wendell IV" <erwendell at mac.com>
>To: quattro at audifans.com
>Subject: Re: 4kq rear tie rod end boots.
>Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2005 17:12:36 -0500
>
>Not that I enjoy dealing with most of them but have you tried your local 
>Audi stealer? I recently did an axle boot job on the front right of a 200tq 
>and managed to cut the boot on the ball joint while separating it from the 
>strut. Not wanting to have to replace the whole control arm I inquired at 
>the stealer to see if the boot was available as a separate item. Lo and 
>behold it was. At $25 bucks it would almost have made economic sense to get 
>a control arm via The Parts Connection but I couldn't stand the thought of 
>circular filing a perfectly good control arm when the only thing wrong was 
>a bad boot.
>
>Roy Wendell
>Morgantown, WV USA
>86, 87 5kcstq
>87 MR2 times 2
>Three turbos, two quattros, too much fun
>
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