[urq] Subframes bushings r&R procedure

[Brandon Rogers]

I'm assuming you checked with the usual suspects - Rod, Scott, etc.  I don't
recall paying that kind of money when I redid my bushings....then again it's
all becoming a blur....$300 here, $700 there....A local Lister has a press-
which made the job _so_ doable.  Without it, it seems it would have been a
real struggle.

Brandon

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Louis-Alain_Richard at computerhorizons.com>
To: <urq at audifans.com>
Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2004 12:07 PM
Subject: [urq] Subframes bushings r&R procedure


> I'm just back from my dealer: in addition to the swaybar bracket (36$), I
> ordered a complete set of bushings for both subframes.
> And because I didn't had another source, I didn't bother to ask for their
> price. I told myself: "I guess they will cost me about 30$ each, so 240$
> is "not that much" to get rid of the harshness I feel since I bought the
> car...".
>
> Yikes!
>
> Reality bites.:
> Front subframe
>         - front bushings: 857 199 415B, 40.32 each
>         - rear bushings: 857 199 419B, 105.65 each !!!!!!!
> Rear subframe
>         - Front bushings: 857 199 419C, 83.22 each !!!!!!!!
>         - Rear bushings: 857 199 415B, 40.32 each
> Total: 540$.!!!
> These are only standard metal-rubber bushings, not liquid filled
> electronic engine mounts, ferkrissake!
> Maybe using bushings from the lesser 4KQ would cost me less (I can get
> these thru my FLAPS), but I am affraid of the "feeling" of the chassis
> with these softer units...
> Oh well...
> Since I will only replaced them once in the car's life, better do it the
> way Audi did in 1982.
>
> Now, for the job itself.
> The bolts are fine, I re-torqued them all last week so no captive nut
> spinning.
>
> As for the removal-reinstallaiton: Can I do it myself with a home-made
> tool like HUw's ? (http://www.humanspeakers.com/audi/bushings-pix2.htm)
>
> Or is it a job that request a true press in expert hands?
>
> You won't blame me for trying to save a buck or two...
>
> TIA,
>
> Louis-Alain
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