[urq] RE : Photo of my rear tie rod and chassis dent.

[Ingo Rautenberg]

You guys would be surprised what other people can do (and have done) to
screw these cars up.  On second thought, no, you probably wouldn't be
surprised.  On my first '83 Urq, which supposedly had the now discontinued
Uncle John Eibach/ Bilstein setup, it always sat really, really low in the
back.  Made for go-kart like handling, but choppy ride otherwise.  I noticed
all close coils in the rear were more than close (progressive springs) -
they were touching.  Upon removal, someone had not only put Bilstein Sports
in the rear, but ones for the 90-91 Coupe!  Anyhow, I ended up putting in
the stock '85 springs with HD Bilsteins. :-)

Oh joy!

Always be observant.

Ingo

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <bhowell at rmi.net>
To: <laraa at sympatico.ca>; <michellepfeiffersx at yahoo.com>; <urq at audifans.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2006 8:33 AM
Subject: Re: [urq] RE : Photo of my rear tie rod and chassis dent.



I bet you are right. The inner portion of the tie rod is spun 180 out. Now
I want to go look at my car as take a look see. I bet it's the same way.

The next questions would be: How did it get that way? The tie rod of mine
that broke was, without a doubt, the orignal piece, so why would someone
have pulled it and then accidently installed it upsidedown. I know,
anythings possible, but it does seem strange.

Is it possible that if it was spun the "Other" way to clear the body, that
it would be too "Low" and hit the sub-frame?

Ben
83' UrQ
85' UrQ

Original Message:
-----------------
From: Louis-Alain Richard laraa at sympatico.ca
Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2006 22:10:30 -0400
To: michellepfeiffersx at yahoo.com, urq at audifans.com
Subject: [urq] RE :  Photo of my rear tie rod and chassis dent.


Is it just me or the tie-rods are upside down... I will send you a
picture of mine in another mail...

I think the case is closed !

Louis-Alain


> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : urq-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:urq-bounces at audifans.com] De la
part
> de steven j
> Envoyé : 10 octobre, 2006 21:27
> À : urq at audifans.com
> Objet : [urq] Photo of my rear tie rod and chassis dent.
>
> paste this into your browser
>
> http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/37382/tierodrear.jpg
>
> same on deal other side.  H&R's are getting the blame.
>  I must have 19 gallons in the car and there is about
> .75" of clearance not including the .25 inch gouge in
> the body.
>
> I got some stock urq springs from a CA guy who posts
> here from time to time but I showed them to MARTIN and
> the canadians at UPG but they thought the color
> markings weren't right (blue and white I believe).
> I've wanted to go stock springs, but am not sure if I
> already have them.   I think ETKA shows yellow
> markings for the front springs.  Rears springs I think
> are the same ones from a 4kq.
>
>
> steve
>
>
>
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