[s-cars] S6 front control arms

Tue Oct 24 20:29:02 EDT 2006

The 6 to 8 ft steel bar is really handy to separate the control arm from the
hub but two people are kind of mandatory if you want to get them together at
some point. With some practice, doing it alone is feasible but I would not
tempt it if you're not experience with the way to get the ball joint back in
the hub: pulling on the bar with one hand, aligning the ball joint with a
second hand and pushing on the hub with your third hand.

Vincent
-----Message d'origine-----
De : Fred Munro [mailto:munrof at sympatico.ca] 
Envoyé : 23 octobre 2006 21:54
À : Theodore Chen; Vincent Frï¿½geac; 'Tom Green'; s-car-list at audifans.com
Objet : RE: [s-cars] S6 front control arms

The key tool is a 6 to 8 foot long steel bar, Teddy. Sometimes you need two
people on the bar if the control arm has been in there for ~150k km in the
salt belt.

Fred Munro
'94 S4
'97 S6

-----Original Message-----
From: s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com
[mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com]On Behalf Of Theodore Chen
Sent: October 23, 2006 8:41 PM
To: Vincent Frï¿½geac; 'Tom Green'; s-car-list at audifans.com
Subject: Re: [s-cars] S6 front control arms

you know, i never did figure out how to separate the upright from the
balljoint.  i disconnected both antiroll bar brackets and had both front
wheels off the ground.  but i just couldn't get the upright separated
from the balljoint.

i was trying to replace a torn balljoint boot.  after wrestling with it
for a while, i gave up.  i decided to just let it die, and replace the
entire control arm when the time comes.

-teddy

--- Vincent Frï¿½geac <s.sikss at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Tom,
>
> I changed the control arms recently on the S-bitch, and considering the
PITA
> factor, I would go with the TRW as saving the risk of another control arms
> job in 2 years is worth the extra 90 USD for both control arms. BTW,
Karlyn
> control arms are not at 1/4 of the TRW price, only 1/2 or 45$ less (see
> www.autopartonlinecanada.com, not the most practical source in US, but
> there's probably US suppliers with similar prices), not worth the risk
IMO.
>
>
>
>
> Vincent.
>
> -----Message d'origine-----
> Deï¿½: s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com
> [mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com] De la part de Tom Green
> Envoyï¿½: 22 octobre 2006 20:48
> ï¿½: s-car-list at audifans.com
> Objetï¿½: Re: [s-cars] S6 front control arms
>
> Well, that appears unanimous for what not to buy.  That is Meyle that
> has recently entered the market with the low priced (and low quality for
> the most part) audi parts.  The need in Europe is obvious with all those
> C4 body cars going east and the parts supply dwindling.  There is also
> a Mahle parts supplier in Germany that has supplied many OEM and
> quality aftermarket parts for Audis for many years.
>
> This is one set of emails that Keith M can read at work and even show
> to his boss.  :-)
>
> Some of the lines between parts brands are blurring as there are more
> consolidations in the industry worldwide, so sometimes it is
> difficult to
> identify the source of some parts.  I think Girling was one of the
> original
> OEM suppliers for control arms when the cars were in production.  So,
> now TRW is supplying Audi with replacement parts.
>
> Since Pelican Parts is such a well known supplier of quality Porsche
> parts, and this list was of no assistance in assessing the worth of the
> Karlyn parts, (that is what I originally asked, remember? :-)), I
> will look at
> them first hand and decide for myself.  There may be some value in a
> part selling for 1/4 the cost of a TRW arm, or maybe it's just pissing
> upwind.  :-)  The price will only be a restocking fee.
>
> Thanks to all for the comments.  I have had a set of Lemforder arms on
> the sedan since February 2001, and they seem as tight as new after 50K.
>
> Tom  '95 S6
>            '95.5 S6 avant
>
> On Oct 22, 2006, at 5:59 PM, s-car-list-request at audifans.com wrote:
> (and I see little reason to repeat the individual comments, see archives
> if you are a little slow on this thread)
> >
> >    1. Re:  S6 front control arms (Ron Wainwright)
> >    2. Re:  S6 front control arms (Igor Kessel)
> >    3. Re:  S6 front control arms (Robert Rossato)
> >    4. Re:  S6 front control arms (Fred Munro)
> >    5. Re:  S6 front control arms (brian bilotti)
> >    6. Re:  S6 front control arms (James Murray (QB/EMC))
>
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