80q Control Arms

[Louis-Alain Richard]

I don't have an answer for your first question, but I have an
intermediate solution to accelerate the bushing replacement.

Buy a OTC 7249 ball joint puller (70.00$ on eAby) and order the
metal-shelled firmer bushings 857 407 181 (http://tinyurl.com/y6d87t, 9$
each from a 85-87 front 4kq) and you can even do the job with the a-arms
still attached to the knuckle ! It is a lot easier to do this job on the
bench though... 

I just bought such a puller for another car, and one sleeve in the kit
is just perfect to push the 857 407 181 in place. If anyone needs a
picture, it's a matter of minutes for me to take some. To push out the
old bushing, I can't see why a 1/2" drive 19mm socket wouldn't work... 

And to recover your expense, sell the puller half price on eBya after 1
use...

Louis-Alain
1983 Quattro with 8 new bushings (done the long, hard, Huw's way last
year), and 8 more in the parts store waiting to be installed easily...


> I know this goes against the Audi code (trading time for money), and
that I
> may be banned from this here list for such a heretical thought, but 6
and
> 7-day  work weeks will do this to a man.  I just replaced the front
bushings a
> day
>  or two ago, and I am not looking forward to repeating that process on
the
> rear.
> 
> An alternative to new control arms would be used control arms so that
I
> could r and r the bushings at my leisure, then replace the control
arms as a
> unit, thus greatly reducing the down time for this job.
> 
> 
> Tom
> chas, SC