[urq] Help: Urgent Wisdom Required !

[Wolff]

Even with the lock plates, there is a chance the alignment will shift if
things aren't tightened very well. I had my 4kq aligned and the ball joint
slipped in the slots twice. The alignment shop kept insisting that I was
hitting pottholes, when really, they just didn't tighten it enough. The
mechanic later admitted that he found one loose nut on my third visit.
Anyway, I think you need the lock plate to keep everything in place. It's
actually made of thicker metal than the A arm and sandwiches the top of the
A arm to the ball joint over a large area compared to just bolt heads.
HTH,
Wolff
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Maurits Jonkergouw" <urq at moregraphics.nl>
To: <urq at audifans.com>
Sent: Saturday, February 07, 2004 8:54 AM
Subject: [urq] Help: Urgent Wisdom Required !


> This morning, my mechanic replaced the front L+R ball joints -and this
> worries me a lot-  but he did not re-fit the 2 original lockplates,
instead
> he only used the 2 washers which I supplied him.
>
> The other new (Audi) parts I supplied (including the ball joints) are
found
> on ETKA: AQS.86.4.07.33-00, #5: 4 screws, 8 washers and 4 self-locking hex
> nuts (L+R), except the 2 lockplates... The lockplate has P/N 811 407 175
(A)
>
> Question: it¹s called a lockplate, but being no longer there, it doesn¹t
> lock anything either. Do I have to get back and let him refit the
> lockplates??? The car is going to be re-alligned next Tuesday.
>
> Car is a EURO 1986 VIN GA900888.
>
> Thanks,
> Maurits
>
> '86 quattro GV (WR)
> '85 coupe KV
> '82 coupe DD
>
>
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