[urq] Subframes bushings r&R : half the job is done.

[Brandon Rogers]

Check with the usual suspects (Rod and Scott) before calling the dealer.  I
don't recall their prices beign too bad..

Brandon

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Thatcher Hubbard" <thatcher.hubbard at computer-er.com>
To: <urq at audifans.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2004 8:54 AM
Subject: RE: [urq] Subframes bushings r&R : half the job is done.


> I must have missed the e-mail from Ado, where can I get a set of subframe
> bushings for $140?  I'm hoping to do the same job in the next three weeks,
> I'm glad that at least one person found it to be relatively easy.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: urq-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:urq-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf
> Of Louis-Alain_Richard at computerhorizons.com
> Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2004 8:33 AM
> To: urq at audifans.com
> Subject: Re: [urq] Subframes bushings r&R : half the job is done.
>
> ... and it was a walk in the park!
>
> I don't know why I waited so long (maybe you scared me with the story of
> the captive nut spinning...) but replacing the subframe bushings
> transformed the car from a harsh riding machine to a tight feeling sports
> car. Amazing. I recommend it to every one, it is money well spend. Do it
> before replacing any hard parts, bushings are often overlooked because
> "they look fine". Wrong.
>
> The job itself is real easy;
> to remove the front subframe, you only have to remove 12 bolts.
> - 4 a-arms bolts
> - 2 transmission mounts bolts
> - 2 sway bar to chassis mounts bolts
> - 4 subframe bolts.
> It's that easy, you can even leave the wheels on the car, and the sway bar
> attached to the a-arms (real PITA to reinstall), that's what I did.
>
> Removing the bushings from the subframe and installing the new ones was
> done with a 6" bench vise, a 2" long x 2" OD steel tube and human force.
> And I was alone. No 30-tons hydraulic press involved.
> Now I will attack the rear mounts this weekend.
>
> Regarding the parts themselves, I must thank Ado Sigal for providing me
> the same 8 OEM bushings for 400$ less than the 540$ I had to pay here in
> Canada... And when I say "the same", I mean "the same"; I compared the 2
> sets, and even the date codes were identical (BOGE-made parts, made in
> Germany, 04-02, etc.). I know where I will shop the next time I have to
> buy an OEM part...
>
> NAC: I just spent 2 weeks in France and the rental car I had was a Citroen
> C3 1.4 HDI. It was my first spin in a small turbodiesel car, and I was
> impressed. In that car, the saying "you buy horsepower but what you drive
> is torque" is true. 70 HP, but feeling like 120 HP, I swear. Granted I was
> downtown Paris, and I spent about half an hour on the highway, but I can
> easily drive such a small car everyday. Hey, there is even automatic A/C,
> rain sensor wipers, ESP, heated seats, all the stuff associated with
> bigger cars here in North-America. All this for 13 000 Euros.
>
> The most amazing figure is the fuel mileage (obviously...).
> One night, I circled Paris using the famous "peripherique boulevard" (a 35
> km urban highway that circles Paris):
> - average speed 87 km/h (55 mph)
> - average fuel mileage: 3.4 liters/100km that is 70 mpg !!!!!!!
> Geez, the world don't need the sophisticated hybrid cars, small compact
> diesel cars are the way to go.
>
> Louis-Alain
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