[urq] Interesting strut bearing info

[Rich Letsinger]

A note on the greens.  I was not able to get them to
work in the rear with my Bilstien shocks.  The
threaded portion of the shock shaft wasn't long enough
to accommodate the additional height of the strut
bearing.  So I had to reinstall the blue ones that
were in the car, and even then it barely catches all
the threads on the top nuts.  It's the rear, so I hope
the old bearings are ok.

Rich


--- Brandon Rogers <brogers at terrix.com> wrote:
> No.  The ones I just got are totally black and are
> the correct urq part
> according to ETKA.  My old ones are the "blues",
> which are "lower".  That's
> what is so weird.  These "Blues" that everyone talks
> about--I don't see them
> in ETKA-well under 1984 at least.  I suppose I could
> look in 1983.  And both
> are "857" part numbers, which means urq.
> 
> I have some of the "greens" too.  Unless there is a
> different "green" than
> the 8A0...for the 4kq, then.....?
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michael Hopton" <Michael at siliconoptix.com>
> To: "Brandon Rogers" <brogers at terrix.com>;
> <urq at audifans.com>
> Sent: Friday, January 16, 2004 1:32 PM
> Subject: RE: [urq] Interesting strut bearing info
> 
> 
> Brandon,
> I believe what you have are the "greens" (are they
> painted green
> on the underside?). They were original parts on the
> '90-91 Coupe
> quattros which were heavier than the ur-q and yes
> they do raise
> the car.
> 
> cheers, Mike
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brandon Rogers [mailto:brogers at terrix.com]
> Sent: Friday, January 16, 2004 3:30 PM
> To: urq at audifans.com
> Subject: [urq] Interesting strut bearing info
> 
> 
> Hey fellas-
> yes...another strut bearing post...
> 
> I got some strut bearings from Rod at TPC last week
> that he claimed were the
> original urq strut bearings, but not painted blue
> (they're just black).  I
> received them and they had p/n 857 412 323 B.  Sure
> enough this p/n matches
> what TFA shows for the '84 urq.  But here's the
> weird part.  The "Blues"
> that came out of my car, and at least one other
> Lister's car here in Denver,
> have p/n 857 412 355 A.  The 323 B part looks like
> it would theorhetically
> raise the car a few mm compared to the 355 A.  And
> both have 857 p/n's,
> which I thought meant "urq part."  The 323 B I
> received has stouter rubber
> than what I've seen on the 8A0 (4kq) and GT coupe
> strut bearings.  Anybody
> know the story on the two seemingly urq specific
> parts???
> 
> Thanks-
> 
> Brandon
> 
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