90q20v control arm bushings

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In a message dated 1/10/2007 1:09:23 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
quattro-request at audifans.com writes:

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Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2007 17:41:06 +0000
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Subject: 90q20v control arm bushings
To:  quattro at audifans.com
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Does anybody have any tips on this  job?  My friendly local mechanic has a 
press and has done several sets  for me in the past but only on the stamped 
steel control arms, not the cast  ones.
thanks,
Dave
 
I used a ball joint press that I loaned out from autozone on my 80q.
 
Big, Beefy device that was more than up to the job.  The trick I  learned (on 
bushing # 6 of 8 replaced) was to "bend" the outer lip of the  bushing in so 
that it would fit within one of the sleeves that come with the  ball joint 
press.
 
Then, I used an electric impact wrench and a couple of sockets to press out  
the bushing.
 
Managed to do this on my own, without having to fully remove the control  
arms from the car and with potentially no need for an alignment later.
 
I think Huw also designed a bushing press from some pipes and plumbing  
fittings.  check his website for photos.
 
It's a big pain in the butt job to do, but it will make a noticeable  
difference.
 
If you want your mechanic to do the job, I can't imagine that the process  
for the cast control arms is too terribly different from the stamped ones.
 
-- Tom
88 80q
chas, sc