[urq] Strut bearings and sagging susupensions

[Martin Pajak]

>From my experience all 4kqs had the blue Ur-q bearings from the factory.... I think even the Family Album supports that.

HTH
Martin Pajak
www.quattro.ca


---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: "Wolff" <wolff at turboquattro.com>
Date:  Wed, 3 Dec 2003 19:07:18 -0800

>My 4kq, which I got from the original owner, had urq strut bearings in back
>and "regular" 4k bearings in front. This certainly contributed to the
>dragging butt look. H&R springs with Bilstein inserts and urq beaings all
>around fixed it. Front dropped an inch and a half while the back stayed the
>same. Has anyone else encountered mismatched strut bearings?
>Wolff
>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "Jeff Roberts" <javadog at worldnet.att.net>
>To: "urq list" <urq at audifans.com>
>Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 10:31 AM
>Subject: [urq] Strut bearings and sagging susupensions
>
>
>> A discussion of strut bearings a couple of weeks ago has brought to mind a
>> question that I have never been able to answer.  Why does it seem that I
>> have never seen an urq that sags in the rear suspension, yet most of the
>> 4000 quattros I see, including mine, have sagged at least an inch in the
>> back over the years?  I have looked through the microfiche and found that
>> the part numbers for the rear springs on all three of my cars is the same,
>> so I can't see the problem being caused by the spring.  I have always
>> assumed the problem to be in the strut bearings but is there another
>answer?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> JR
>>
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