[urq] Early ball joints... :)

[Tom Saltino]

I've got a guy right here in Atlanta that has been doing this on 944s for years.  I'm going to take a ball joint by and have him look at it.

BTW, the 944 boot IS an Audi boot......same as 5000.

Tom

-----Original Message-----
>From: Michael Hopton <Michael at siliconoptix.com>
>Sent: Jul 6, 2006 4:47 PM
>To: laraa at sympatico.ca, urq at audifans.com
>Subject: Re: [urq] Early ball joints... :)
>
>I know a company in the UK that did this for 944s. They removed
>the old one and pressed in a new one. On a 944 it was either this
>or you had to replace the whole wishbone. Audi, now they want
>you to replace the whole car. 
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: urq-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:urq-bounces at audifans.com] On
>Behalf Of laraa at sympatico.ca
>Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2006 4:29 PM
>To: martin at quattro.ca; a.sigal at bluewin.ch
>Cc: urq at audifans.com
>Subject: Re: [urq] Early ball joints... :)
>
>OK then, at 500 Euros, now we can ask the question : Are they
>rebuildable ? 
>I mean, i know the answer, but since I have 4 used ball joints at my
>home, is there a way of reinserting a 18mm shank (from another source)
>in the old core, or this is a one-way thing ? We can work a lot for 500
>Euros...
>
>LAR
>
>
>>From: "Martin Pajak" <martin at quattro.ca>
>>To: a.sigal at bluewin.ch
>>CC: urq at audifans.com
>>Subject: [urq] Early ball joints... :)
>>Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2006 15:16:13 -0500 (EST)
>>
>>Hey,
>>
>>Check out the price on these early ball joints!!
>>http://www.urquattro.at/boerse/boerse_er.htm
>>Obviously they are gold plated.. :)
>>
>>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 (212,000 km) Euro spec. import mit 3B :)
>>1987 Audi 4000s quattro (205,000 km) wintervagen mit 7A :)
>>
>>
>>
>>
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