[s-cars] cracked rear subframe - B5 A4

[Joshua Van Tol]

Lee,

I would imagine having the crack welded up, and the area reinforced would be
a good solution. A good body shop might be able to do this, but a metal
fabrication shop or race car fabrication shop would be better.


On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 2:01 PM, Lee Levitt <lee at wheelman.com> wrote:

>
>
> Picked up a clunking sound from the rear of my '01 B5 A4 avant.
> Turns out my rear subframe is cracked where the Hotchkis sway bar
> mounts to the subframe...on both sides.
>
> This seems to be somewhat common on cars with upgraded bars bigger
> than 19mm.
>
> Has anyone else run into this? Is there a *good* fix for the
> problem, other than considering the $1K subframe a *consumable*!
>
> Hap? Don?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Lee
>
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