[s-cars] Front control arm R&R

[John Petersen]

Correction, to remove the lower control arm you must remove a bolt, and
then a sleeve which the bolt was in, the sleeve can be quite the devil to
get out. It is often bent, in some way shape or form, and doesn't just
slide out as you might hope.

With regard to rubber parts on Audis wearing out... it just seems that way,
it's because the other parts in the cars last so long :)
-John

At 05:20 PM 6/24/2002 -0600, Russ Panneton wrote:
>On Mon, 24 Jun 2002 13:52:04 -0700, you wrote:
>
> >Russ:
> >
> >To actually remove (and to reinstall) the rubber bushing from the lower
> >control arm, you need a vertical (hyfraulic) press.  However to take the
> >control arm from the subframe, you only need to loosen the screw that is
> >holding it to the frame.
> >
> >Pram
> >92S4
> >
>
>That's what I was hoping to hear!  I'm replacing the whole control arm, which
>includes the bushing and ball joint.  Why is that every rubber part on the urS
>cars wears out so soon?
>
>Russ
>95.5 S6
>
> >On Monday, June 24, 2002, at 12:55 PM, Russ Panneton wrote:
> >
> >> S-car Gruppe,
> >>
> >> How difficult is removing and replacing the front control arms?  I
> >> think the
> >> inner bushings on my car's front control arms are shot.  The Bentley
> >> manual
> >> talks about needing a special puller to remove the bushing that
> >> supports the
> >> inner end of the control arm.  Is this true?  I was hoping it would just
> >> unbolt!
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >>
> >> Russ
> >> 95.5 S6
> >> --
> >> Russ Panneton                          russ at s-cars.org
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