[s-cars] Upper Strut Mount FAILURE!!!!! - Update Part II - Part
Number needed please
bob.rossato at att.net
bob.rossato at att.net
Tue Nov 25 13:05:38 EST 2003
The "Retainer" part number you listed looks like the right one from my view
through the Russian on-line ETKA.
Bob
> Yeah, I feel like I've been bent over. Question for anybody that can
> assist. I have looked in both the Russian parts fiche and the Bentley, and
> am having difficulty identifying the missing part. It appears that in the
> Bentley it is referred to as "Cover". In the parts fiche as "Retainer" part
> number 4A0 412 339 A. Can anybody confirm?
> Regards,
>
> Mark
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: QSHIPQ at aol.com [mailto:QSHIPQ at aol.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2003 8:00 AM
> To: mark.pollan at mci.com; s-car-list at audifans.com
> Subject: Re: [s-cars] Upper Strut Mount FAILURE!!!!! - Update Part II
>
> Thanks for the update Mark. I've seen a lot of mangled cars, but the
> failure
> of that mount in an S car IMO would take a crash, offroad fly, or break
> something else in concert. Not that the lack of the washer should make you
> feel
> better about the "service" you recieved.
>
> SJ
> In a message dated 11/25/2003 6:51:28 AM Central Standard Time,
> mark.pollan at mci.com writes:
> All:
>
> Finally got to disassembling and having a real close look at the strut mount
> assembly. Well, contrary to a previous post of mine, the large concave
> washer IS NOT/WAS NOT in place. From my earlier cursory look I confused the
> convex top of the bilstein strut as being the washer. Being extremely
> paranoid at this point I checked the other side mount/strut assembly and the
> washer is absent from the driver's side as well. I was hopping mad last
> night cussing about to anybody who made the mistake of calling/dropping in.
>
> I will be ordering new washers today and will be visiting the shop that
> buggered this job on Monday. Pending the resolution they will either
> receive kudos on this list for rectifying their mistake or something a tad
> less glowing.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Mark Pollan
>
> P.S. I do feel a little better knowing it was not a deficient mount but
> rather deficient service.
>
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