[s-cars] Big 'ole RSB install

[Mark Strangways]

OK, all this talk of RSB...
My 93' (Can) model has the RSB albeit 17mm.
Can these happersized bars be installed in my model ?
Do they use the same mounting locations and sounds like I can reuse the
links (hiems) ?
So would I just need the bar, and brackets ?

Mark
----- Original Message -----
From: "mlp qwest" <mlped at qwest.net>
To: <Djdawson2 at aol.com>; <s-car-list at audifans.com>
Sent: Sunday, May 25, 2003 9:39 AM
Subject: RE: [s-cars] Big 'ole RSB install


> Ouch!  I am sorry to hear about the less than sympathetic run in with
Johnny
> Law.
> You are the first, so far as I know to eschew the tack weld Key locks and
go
> with the OEM drill & tap route to add a second bolt.  Congratulations.  In
> originally discussing the project, I'd purchased a pair of the OEM bolts
> from the dealer and a drill & tap.  We discussed including one of each
with
> each set of adapters when the machinist came up with the "Key" lock idea.
> I'd was a bit worried about someone not getting the drill in exactly the
> right spot on the control arms; or having to pull the lower control arms
to
> put them in a drill press to do the job right; or screwing up taping the
> hole in some way, so we never even tried it.  I am glad you have found it
> not as complicated as I had mentally made it out to be.
>
> On Brian's issue, I hadn't noticed any problems when running the car with
> all the stock Audi OEM rear stabilizer components, i.e., principally the
> 17mm bar and the Audi Heim links which are quite a bit different in shape
> and configuration than the adjustable ones that come in Hap's kit.  I'm
> speculating here, but I wonder if there could be a difference in the hiem
> link bolt "offsets" between Hap's kits adjustable version and the stock
part
> that, together with the thicker bar itself, puts the heim link bolt closer
> to the CV boot?   I don't have one of Hap's hiem links handy to compare to
> the stock part, but if I can pick one up this weekend sometime I'll try to
> take a side by side photo and some measurements.  If that's part of it,
> could the problem be cured or avoided with an appropriate spacer of some
> kind?
>
> Mike
>
> ~-----Original Message-----
> ~From: Djdawson2 at aol.com
>
> ~Ah... but alas, I did drill and tap the control arms, and use the OE
8x1.25
> ~thread bolts.  Sounds more difficult than it is.  The metal in the
> ~control arm
> ~casting is quite soft.  Literally took minutes to complete.
> ~
> ....
> ~
> ~WRT a report on my feelings about the bar.  Hmmm... wow.  It really is a
> ~stunning improvement.  I can't put that into quantifiable terms,
> ~it's just great.
>
> ...
> ~ Somehow he failed to
> ~appreciate my newly discovered cornering stability, as he bounced around
in
> ~his Caprice attempting to catch up.
> ~
> ~Now I'm just contemplating a plea bargain.
> ~
> ~Dave in CO
>
>
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