[s-cars] Chirp from rear suspension
kbogach at comcast.net
kbogach at comcast.net
Sun Apr 11 23:06:08 EDT 2004
I bet it is camber link(s). I would recommend to look at rubber (or
polyurethane) boots of both links and if they are not torn than I would
take them, took apart, cleaned, lubricated and reassembled. Most
likely it will save you buying new links. I did it on 2.5 cars and it
is good after 30Kmi (both links on two 200tq and 1 link on UrS4 )
If at least one boot torn ( most likely outer) then I would use
temporary solution - lubricating through needle, puncturing the boot
far most from crack. You can have a quiet ride for a month or two.
I actually got a link with good outer boot from a junk yard and used
the boot on my original link as it was in better shape.
Caveat: you need a good, compact ball joint puller on S4/S6. I could
not find any puller which might work on on it. I almost bought it from
Snap-on for ~$100 but I was able to borrow it from friendly shop for a
night. Type 44 (200tq) has slightly different geometry of wheel arc,
probably, and I was able to used plain pitman arm puller.
Have doubts? Sqiuirt WD 40 on the outer end of the links and go over
bumps. Forget what I wrote if it still chirps.
Konstantin.
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