UrS6 rear upper control arm - a few questions?

[Grant Lenahan]

I can't speak for the older cars, but on B5/C5 and later cars pretty much anything except OEM is an issue, and fails substantially sooner.

OEM means VW/Audi or their true OEM suppliers, TRW and Lemforderer.

Some people claim the new Meyle HD are good, but there really are not sufficient long term statistics to support that yet, IMO.

Whatever you do, make sure you torque the nuts at nominal ride height or nothing will last. If you pre-stress the rubber, its done for.

Grant
On Oct 21, 2013, at 8:41 AM, TonyEscobedo wrote:

> I'm picking up some control arms today. Most sites offer 3. Febi, Meyle and Audi/Vw. Sounds like Febi are better and Audi/Vw the best??
> 
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>> On Oct 21, 2013, at 8:20 AM, Joshua Van Tol <josh at spiny.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Those are Meyle brand though. Junk usually.
>> 
>> 
>>> On Sun, Oct 20, 2013 at 9:46 PM, Scott Phillips <Scottp at ippe.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> They are only $62 complete..
>>> 
>>> 
>>> http://www.autohausaz.com/search/product.aspx?sid=2zxcb1454poghcqhokz4dgri&makeid=800002@Audi&modelid=1009370@S6TURBO&year=1995&cid=27@SuspensionSystem&gid=19632@SuspensionTie Rod
>>> 
>>> Scott
>>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: quattro-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:quattro-bounces at audifans.com]
>>> On Behalf Of Franco Barber
>>> Sent: Sunday, October 20, 2013 10:01 PM
>>> To: Quattro List
>>> Subject: Re: UrS6 rear upper control arm - a few questions?
>>> 
>>> Yes, the inner and outer end are available separately, but it's not
>>> economically feasible.
>>> 
>>> If you look at this page:
>>> 
>>> www.audionlineparts.com/parts/1995/Audi/S6/Base?siteid=215021&vehicleid=72587&diagram=1350730
>>> 
>>> Item 8 is the whole tie rod, 9 is the outer, and 10 is the inner.
>>> But look at the prices:
>>> About $170 for the whole assembly, but $244 for the outer and $222 for the
>>> inner.  You could buy the whole assembly, throw away the part you don't
>>> need, and still come out ahead.
>>> 
>>> As to the left and right being different, yes they are, at least the inner
>>> is different, because the bolt that comes down from the ball joint faces to
>>> the rear just a bit. The outer might be the same or it might not, it's much
>>> harder to tell compared to the inner.
>>> 
>>> Franco
>>> 
>>> (I just changed the right rear tire rod on my 95 a6q last week.)  On Oct
>>> 20, 2013 8:57 PM, "Radek" <radek at uniserve.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Hello Audifans;
>>>> 
>>>> Would anyone know if part number 443-505-153B (outer end of the
>>>> control arm that attaches to the wheel hub) is available separately?
>>>> Searches online only come up with the whole arm (443-505-351/2P).
>>>> Even better, is it possible to change just the rubber bushing, since
>>>> the rest is still good?  It seems that the bushing is the wear part, I
>>>> have two more sets from a V8Q and in both cases just the bushing is gone.
>>>> Also, is there really a right and left control arm (that's what FA
>>>> says) - they look pretty much the same!
>>>> Thanks!
>>>> 
>>>> Radek
>>>> 91 V8Q 5-sp
>>>> 88 90Q
>>>> 96 UrS6
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