[s-cars] 93 S4 suspension

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Just FYI, done several dozen of those control arm R&R, never replaced  the 
sleeve.  I notched a spare allen wrench at the long end. Pull the  bolt out.   
Put a wedge between the subframe and the body..   Slide the 'audi' tool until 
the notch grabs the upper part of the sleeve, and  tap the 'L' of the wrench 
with a hammer. The sleeve will slide right  out.
 
HTH

Scott Justusson 
In a message dated 5/14/2007 11:29:05 P.M. Central Standard Time,  
rfitton at vt.edu writes:

I can  only answer Q4...

That bushing is available separately from the arm if  you're interested 
in replacing it separately.  I'm pretty sure a  press will be in order 
for R&R.  If you have the factory subframe  mounts on top of it, you 
should be able to extract the arm without moving  the subframe.  There is 
one potential caveat.  There's a metal  sleeve that runs up through the 
center of the bushing.  It could be a  little difficult to get out.  My 
subframe was six feet away from the  car when I removed that sleeve, so 
I'm not sure how it would have looked  if I had done it with the subframe 
in place.  I seem to recall a  hacksaw being involved in that part of the 
job.  In any case, the  sleeve won't come out without a fight, so I 
recommend replacing it ($10  each at ECS I think).  Also, the long bolt 
in the middle of that  bushing goes into the subframe mount.  The threads 
on the mount are  of the self-locking variety, so the bolt will very 
likely come out  distorted and is probably marked as one-time-use 
anyway.  The bolts'  dimensions are M12x1.5x150 and since I never found 
them anywhere except  the dealer the Audi p/n is N 904 563  02.

-Cheers!
Mike







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