S4 suspension clunking

[Grant Lenahan]

sachs

Grant
On Jun 24, 2009, at 5:16 PM, mike wrote:

>
> Rich
>
> Mine is also an early one with solid rear disks on an S plate.
>
> I can’t remember if the OE shocks are bilsteins or sachs but one or  
> the other should be able to help. Try www.bilstein-shocks.co.uk and  
> sachs (owned by ZF) are based in Northampton 01788 822353.
>
> I’ll try and dig out the place I got my links & arms etc from  
> tomorrow and let you know.
>
> Mike
>
>
> --- On Wed, 24/6/09, Richard van der Hoff  
> <quattro at rvanderhoff.org.uk> wrote:
>
>> From: Richard van der Hoff <quattro at rvanderhoff.org.uk>
>> Subject: Re: S4 suspension clunking
>> To: "mike" <mikemk40 at yahoo.com>
>> Cc: "Quattro List" <quattro at audifans.com>
>> Date: Wednesday, 24 June, 2009, 9:09 PM
>> 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
>>>>
>>>> http://www.humanspeakers.com/audi
>>>>
>>>> http://www.humanthoughts.org/
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