UrS4 Strut pinch bolt size & Bira brake bracket interference

[hayes myers]

I'm sure sourcing parts wtihout having the dealer order you the wrong bolts
2 or 3 times in a row is the goal here...when you can avoid a dealer/mail
order it is always nice. that being said, i'd order the 'correct' part ...
losing the ballsjoint wouldn't be so fun.

On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 10:08 AM, Mark Rosenkrantz <speedracer.mark at gmail.com
> wrote:

> For the newer cars, the correct nut and bolt are just a couple of dollars.
>  Are the older cars any more expensive?
>
> So cheap, why bother sourcing anything else?
>
> Mark Rosenkrantz
> Typos sent from my BlackBerry.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Huw Powell <audi at humanspeakers.com>
> Date: Thu, 03 Jun 2010 03:02:50
> To: <dgraber460 at aol.com>
> Cc: <quattro at audifans.com>
> Subject: Re: UrS4 Strut pinch bolt size & Bira brake bracket interference
>
> Metric wouldn't be Grade 8, they have that other system.
>
> One thing with those bolts is they have a certain amount of unthreaded
> length, IIRC.
>
> Also use a new locknut, of course.
>
> dgraber460 at aol.com wrote:
> > My understanding (which is only hearsay, and my own assumptions) is that
> a grade 8 would be more than sufficient, and easily sourced.
> > My other assumption is that it is head forward so that in the rare case
> the nut vibrates off, the bolt will be more likely to stay in place.
> > Anyone with the true engineering "facts", feel free to chime in.
> >
> > Dennis
> > Denver
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Chris Talley <talleycm at gmail.com>
> > To: quattro at audifans.com
> > Sent: Wed, Jun 2, 2010 9:35 am
> > Subject: UrS4 Strut pinch bolt size & Bira brake bracket interference
> >
> >
> > Hello All
> > Is the strut/ball joint pinch bolt a off the shelf or a dealer only part.
> > ither way does someone have a spec or a part number.
> > I had to grind the head off to remove thebolt and strut, because the Bira
> > racket for the BBK prevent easy extraction,  the Bentley indicates that
> the
> > ead should point forward, with the brake bracket it the way that will be
> > mpossible without removal of the bracket which I am relunctant to do. Why
> > oes the bolt need to be instalelled in this direction and will it be a
> bad
> > dea to install backwards to aid future removal.
>
> --
> Huw Powell
>
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>
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