[urq] another clunk....

[Louis-Alain RICHARD]

Just to add a figure:

Coupe ball joints have a 17mm shank while urQ ball joints have a 18 mm
shank. BTDT last winter and I search ALL sources known for compatible BJ
(OEM, Lemfoerder, TRW, FEBI) and the only source was a friendly lister from
OK who ordered me some NOS (new old stock). OEM was out of stock in North
America.

Louis-Alain
83 urQ with 4 NOS bj.


-----Message d'origine-----
De : urq-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:urq-bounces at audifans.com] De la part
de Brandon Rogers
Envoyé : 23 janvier, 2004 12:21
À : urq at audifans.com
Cc : urq at audifans.com
Objet : Re: [urq] another clunk....

I'm pretty sure i have the right ball joints--857 p/n plus they were $115
each through Sunset, including our discount - dealer only item according to
Rod at TPC

Thanks for all the input everybody - I'll keep you posted

brandon

----- Original Message -----
From: "Andrew Finney" <afinney1 at yahoo.com>
To: <Michael at siliconoptix.com>
Cc: <urq at audifans.com>
Sent: Friday, January 23, 2004 9:30 AM
Subject: RE: [urq] another clunk....


> snip-------------------------------
> Also watch for 4000/80 quattro front ball joints used
> as
> front ur-q ball joints (they are about quarter of the
> price).
> The ur-q ball joint is bigger - it won't matter if the
> nut and
> bolt are in the groove or not, BTST
> snip--------------------------------
>
>
> BTDT. When I first owned my UrQ I had an alignment
> done and they told me I needed a new ball joint. OK, I
> said. $30 in parts later I was all set. A few weeks
> later while driving in NYC I kept hearing this awfull
> clunking noise. It would appear on any sort of rough
> pavement. When I looked under the car everything
> looked fine. When I jacked up the front and pryed on
> the wheel housing I found that the housing would move
> up and down while the a-arm stayed in place. When I
> finally got to the bottom of it, the only thing
> holding the ball joint in was the pinch bolt, not in
> compression, but simply in the groove. Thank God. I
> made them buy me a complete used UrQ A-Arm as well
> because they had crushed it when they tightened the
> nuts to hold the coupe ball joint into my UrQ.
>
> That was a close call. From then on..... I trusted no
> mechanic! I have subsequently spotted stripped rear
> tie rods and got a garage to replace those for me
> (both actually, when they bought the wrong side the
> first time AND fitted it).
>
> Andrew Finney
> 1983 and 1984 UrQs.
>
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