I got the 200 Avant home!

[Peter Golledge]

You can replace the boot without removing the driveshaft.  You use the old
hub bolt to "press off" the external CV joint, cut off the old boot, slide
on the new and drive on the CV joint again.  Given you have to disturb the
strut you might as well do the control arm bushings at the same time.  Do
check the condition of the control arm (both the internal rubber bit and the
ball joint) it may need replacing.

-----Original Message-----
From: quattro-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:quattro-bounces at audifans.com] On
Behalf Of David Yentema
Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2010 2:03 PM
To: quattro at audifans.com
Subject: I got the 200 Avant home!

just wanted to let everyone on here know that I did manage to get the car
home this past weekend. So now I can actually start working on it, major
things are outter control arm bushings, there's a ripped cv boot, bad knock
sensor, and funky idle. Does anyone have a knock sensor I could get? it's
the front (green plug) one. And the idle got messed up after I pressurized
the intake to test for boost leaks. Originally it idled roughly at 720, now
it idles at about 1000, and it slowly climbs up to ~1400, then falls back
down to 1000, etc. unplugging the ISV stabilizes the idle at 1000, but it's
still not back down to 720 like it should be.

and anything I need to know about replacing the outter cv boot? should I
hold off and do the outter control arm bushings and the boot at the same
time?

thanks guys,

-Dave
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