[urq] Fwd: Re: [Audi5TurboTech] Re: Motivating Audi to produceParts # 857 505 365

Tue Aug 8 23:04:19 EDT 2006

Yeah, but if you drive your car 25 miles per year like Audi would like you
to, you can make one set last a lifetime.. :-)

Cheers

Martin Pajak

 <http://www.quattro.ca/> http://www.quattro.ca

1982 Audi Ur-quattro (50,000 mi) new project

1983 Audi Ur-quattro (85,000 mi) Concourse d'Elegance
1985 Audi Ur-quattro (214,000 km) Euro spec. import mit 3B :)
1987 Audi 4000s quattro (212,000 km) wintervagen mit 7A :)

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From: Craig Cook [mailto:craigcook at rogers.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 10:57 PM
To: Martin Pajak; Urq
Subject: RE: [urq] Fwd: Re: [Audi5TurboTech] Re: Motivating Audi to
produceParts # 857 505 365

Yes much easier,

but seeing Audi's track record of late, I wonder how long the urq 20v ball
joints will be available. Knowing Audi's master plan of late to delete their
history, I'm sure the RR ball joints will go up in price  as the supply
drains.

cheers,

Craig

Martin Pajak <martin at quattro.ca> wrote:

Or just get the proper 20v RR ball joint which is still available and the
same cost as the CQ part.. :)

Cheers

Martin Pajak

http://www.quattro.ca

1982 Audi Ur-quattro (50,000 mi) new project
1983 Audi Ur-quattro (85,000 mi) Concourse d'Elegance
1985 Audi Ur-quattro (214,000 km) Euro spec. import mit 3B :)
1987 Audi 4000s quattro (212,000 km) wintervagen mit 7A :)

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From: urq-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:urq-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf
Of Craig Cook
Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 10:00 PM
To: Jim Furdyn; Urq
Subject: Re: [urq] Fwd: Re: [Audi5TurboTech] Re: Motivating Audi to
produceParts # 857 505 365

Jim,

you could use the later style coupe 1990-1991 20v or urq 20v control
arms with the later style 20v coupe ball joints on the urq. If I recall
correctly the coupe 20v ball joints are 19 mm stud as opposed to the urq
18mm stud on the ball joint. Seeing as the urq and coupe 20v have the same
bolt pattern on the control arms you could modify the urq struts by drilling
or reaming out the 1mm required to make the coupe 20v ball joint work on the
urq using the 20v control arms. 

cheers,

Craig Cook

1984 urq 20v aan in progress
1986 4000tq 10v

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Are ball joints really that big a problem? Why can't we find a ball joint
that fit's the strut correctly and modify the control arm? I'm sure I'm
falling into "6 of one, 1/2 dozen of the other" territory, but I have no
problem modifying a set of control arm in order to buy "off the shelf" ball
joints. 

Jim Furdyn
Audi5TurboTech
856.577.3132
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