[urq] Balljoints for an 83

[Pasqualoni, James E]

I was unable to find good oe ball joints for my early 83.  I was able to,
however, rescue the old ones.  Tapped in grease fittings, evacuated the old
grease, re-packed and installed new boots.  Lucky thing that ball joint
boots off a Porsche 951 are the same as those on the UrQ.  All is holding up
nicely for now.

HTH,
Jim

-----Original Message-----
From: urq-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:urq-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf
Of Martin Pajak
Sent: Monday, April 04, 2005 4:36 PM
To: K B; n-engelbert at terrans.net
Cc: urq at audifans.com
Subject: Re: [urq] Balljoints for an 83


Well... I would be careful...
Just went on their site and they list the same part number for early and
late VINs... Not the case in reality. Have you actually bought them and
installed them on your car??

Martin Pajak

http://www.quattro.ca

---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: n-engelbert at terrans.net
Date:  Mon, 4 Apr 2005 15:22:38 -0500 (CDT)

>There was a message about this a few months ago.  The ball joints are 
>available at, drum roll, Autozone.  There's an outfit in California 
>called Rare Parts, they either picked up the NOS, or are producing them 
>now.  I think that one was something like $50, and the other something 
>like $90. Autozone part numbers are... 10475 for the drivers side front 
>for $40.99, and 10778 for the passenger side front for $62.99.  On the 
>early 83's, I think they're interchangeable front driver to rear 
>passenger and vice versa.
>
>Good luck!
>
>Nathan Engelbert
>83 UrQ DA900453
>89 90q
>91 200q20v donor
>91 200q20v avant
>
>
>> This last weekend I did a suspension upgrade on the car and 
>> discovered there was quite a bit of play in the drivers side ball 
>> joint and the boot was torn.
>>
>> Last I had heard these are no longer available. I have not checked 
>> the stealership yet but any BTDT would be greatly appreciated. I 
>> still dont know what suspension
>> I have with a vin of 900106 ?
>>
>> Thanks Guys!
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