[urq] Aluminum Bushings

[Frank de Kat]

Hello All:

To add to the 'subframe' bushing saga...

My 4000q has had aluminum subframe bushings for 9 or 10 years.
And this is in my 'winter' 4000q.
While the outside of them is a bit crusty, the inner parts of the (interior 
of the subframe) look as new as the day they were made.  A bit of grease on 
installation doesn't hurt. Compared to my 4000q that doesn't have the 
aluminum bushings, *I* can't tell any difference. And that include many 
hard-on-the-car winter road rallies.

So, as  +, they are easier to install, and they don't really corrode to any 
appreciable extent.
And , as Louis Allen points out, they (in theory) can act as a sacrificial 
anode. So that's another plus! Better for them to corrode than the 
subframe, wouldn't one think? :-)

Regards,

-Frank de Kat-

At 04:27 PM 9/24/04, you wrote:

>Message: 5
>Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2004 19:24:46 +0100
>From: "Martin Pajak" <Martin at quattro.ca>
>Subject: Re: [urq] Subframes bushings r&R procedure
>To: Bob <bob at audisport.com>, <Martin at quattro.ca>,
>         <Louis-Alain_Richard at computerhorizons.com>
>Cc: urq at audifans.com
>Message-ID: <200409241924.AA165478982 at quattro.ca>
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>
>I've had mine on the car for 3 winters now... (southern Ontario Salt 
>mine... ;) and no problems or any signs of corrosion... don't know about 
>20 years from now but so far so good....
>The way I drive I would probably have to replace a set of OEM bushings by 
>now...
>That's what happened to my rear diff tranny mounts... :(
>
>Cheers
>Martin