[s-cars] front strut assembly diagrams

[Manuel Castillo]

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Help, I need a copy of the front strut assembly diagram.

Last Friday, I had my new H&R springs and Blistein Sports installed on my 93
S4 at my local tire shop. Along with the struts, I got the boots, bearings,
mounts and tie rod ends replaced.

The problem: when driving, I noticed a clunking noise over rough surfaces,
when braking and on hard accelaration. When I contacted the tire shop they
said that this was normal due to the springs settling.

Saturday,  I met with a group of Audi fans from the Nothern Cal Quattro Club,
great guys, when I showed them my problem, we noticed that the top of the
strut  moved up and down excesivelly  when pushing on the bumper. The top
metal plate that is directly over the strut nut had almost a half inch
separation  from the alignment plate rubber bushing. This gap increased when
loading and unloading the suspension. This also recreated the noise.

Monday, the shop will check my suspension again. What I need from you is a
copy of the exploded diagram from the Bentley manual or from  Audi showing the
proper order of all the bushings and such. Unfortunatelly, I do not have my
own copy of the manual yet.
Many thanks in advance,

Mani
93 S4 with noisy new shoes....

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