S4 suspension clunking

[Richard van der Hoff]

Hi again,

Having taken on board the advice here, I've been trying to get hold of a 
kit of links for my car. I've now been told that kits for my car (1998 
B5 S4 - I'm pretty sure they do have different suspension to the S4s 
that came to the US in 2000) don't exist; the supplier said he could 
pull all the parts together, minus the replacement nuts and bolts, but 
this would be £420. He also said that he'd had a lot of sets come in 
which weren't correctly labelled by the manufacturer.

I also asked about new shocks: apparently they're dealer-only.

Has anyone else had any difficulty sourcing suspension parts for this 
era of S4? Mike, I think your car's about the same age as mine - was it 
really a case of just buying a kit off ebay? I'm really wary that I'm 
going to spend several hundred quid and end up with the wrong parts.

Rich



mike wrote:
> I second what Huw said, I’ve got a B5 S4 too and had the same issue, assorted Ebay sellers will provide a full kit of links etc for under £150 and at that price it’s not worth identifying which bit has actually failed, just change them all. 
> 
> With no lift and just a tree to avoid sunstroke I would have managed both sides in a day but the bolts that clamps the outer end of the top links had seized in the tubes, one side came out with a bit of heat and an impact gun, the other side had to be drilled which took me into the second day. Well worth giving that area a spray before you start. Also, one of the bottom link bolts fouls on the body so you need to loosen the corner of the sub frame and lever it down a touch.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> --- On Thu, 18/6/09, Huw Powell <audi at humanspeakers.com> wrote:
> 
>> From: Huw Powell <audi at humanspeakers.com>
>> Subject: Re: S4 suspension clunking
>> To: "Richard van der Hoff" <quattro at rvanderhoff.org.uk>
>> Cc: "Quattro List" <quattro at audifans.com>
>> Date: Thursday, 18 June, 2009, 3:31 AM
>>
>>
>> Richard van der Hoff wrote:
>>> For quite a while now, I've been chasing some clunking
>> from the front 
>>> suspension on my B5 S4, and I'd appreciate the list's
>> wisdom on where to 
>>> go with this.
>> Replace everything.  Seriously.  When my coupe
>> used to "clunk" at 
>> various times, I slowly started replacing suspension
>> components.  Which 
>> each replacement, the clunk got quieter.  By the time
>> I'd done 
>> everything, it was almost impossible to hear, so I think I
>> fixed it.
>>
>> -- 
>> Huw Powell
>>
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