I got the 200 Avant home!

[Cody Forbes]

You don't HAVE to pull the axle as Peter said, BUT for the sake of six  
more easy bolts that hold the inner CV joint it is MUCH easier to work  
on the axle in a vice or on a workbench.

-Cody (mobile)

On Apr 20, 2010, at 4:52 PM, "Peter Golledge"  
<petergolledge at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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