Rear Creaking

[LL - NY]

I guess I mis-interepreted what you said, I thought you said that the
mechanic found bad links 5 years ago and you didn't replace them yet. You
only got 5 years out of a new set of arms? That is NOT a good service life
IMHO. Do you know what brand of arms you got?

LL - NY

On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 7:21 PM, Max Hoepli <mhoepli at vif.com> wrote:

>  Mechanic said the link arms were moving too freely. He just caught that
> problem he said. 5 years with 27,000 km is all the life out of them?
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> Max
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> *From:* LL - NY [mailto:larrycleung at gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Saturday, February 27, 2010 19:18
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> *To:* Max Hoepli
> *Cc:* audi_owners_usa at yahoogroups.com; quattro at audifans.com
> *Subject:* Re: Rear Creaking
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> That's the arms. And, I don't recall the price. It wasn't outrageous, to
> the best of my recollection. Considering you got another 5 years out of
> them, I think they're due.
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> On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 6:48 PM, Max Hoepli <mhoepli at vif.com> wrote:
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> The transverse link arms that only the Quattros have? If so, I had those
> replaced 5 years ago. How much per linkage arm. Mechanic was testing link
> arms and said they needed changing 5 years ago.
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> Max
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> *From:* LL - NY [mailto:larrycleung at gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Saturday, February 27, 2010 18:28
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> *To:* Max Hoepli
> *Cc:* audi_owners_usa at yahoogroups.com; quattro at audifans.com
> *Subject:* Re: Rear Creaking
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> I suspect the rear longitudinal link ends, what tends to fail is the rubber
> boot over the joints. They look intact, but in fact are leaking (or letting
> the oils evaporate from) the grease that is supposed to be in there. If the
> joint is solid an intact, you can prolong replacement by injecting grease
> into the joint. It took me awhile to find a fine needle hypodermic that
> doesn't leave too large a hole in the boot to make whatever
> leaking/evaporating going on worse on my past type 44. Eventually, I did
> have to replace the link, but it held things off until the weather was more
> cooperative.
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> On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 3:45 PM, Max Hoepli <mhoepli at vif.com> wrote:
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> Hi all,
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> I have a slight creaking noise coming from rear especially when going over
> bumps. Suspension is OK on car.
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> Not heard when radio playing. What can remedy this creaking?
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> Patient: 1986 Audi Turbo Quattro Type 44
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> Max
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