[urq] ball joints for 85 urq

Fri Oct 1 14:27:01 PDT 2010

Nathan is correct on the shaft sizes. One alternative choice you have is to
use the Ball joint/ cast control arm off an 89-91 Audi 80Q, Audi 90, and
'90,'91 Audi Coupe. You have to drill out the clevis to 18mm to hold the
ball joint but that is not difficult to do. You also need to either make a
bracket for the stock sway bar or use the sway bar/links off a 90/Coupe 20V
and weld an ear on the strut for attachment to the link from the 20V.

I have looked high and low for the early version ball joint including
ordering from Germany. Everyone so far has the up-turned lips on the edges
that fits the later lower stamped control arems. I have ground down the
lips and installed without issue for the earlier URQ. /Peter

On Fri, Oct 1, 2010 at 12:18 PM, Nathan Engelbert
<n-engelbert at terrans.net>wrote:

> IIRC the UrQ ball joint has an 18mm shaft, and the cgt/4kq/early80q ball
> joint is 17mm shaft.  The later 80q/90q used a 19mm shaft ball joint.
>
> I think you need the 857 407 365 E and 366 E.
>
> Nathan Engelbert
> 83 UrQ DA900453
> 95 S6 avant
>
>
> > Thanks!  I needed that.
> >
> > Following on from Nathan's email I looked them up at Sunset Audi's online
> > parts search and it shows that the same part works for 87 CGT and 88-90
> > 80/90Q.
> >
> > So I went back to Autohaus AZ and looked up both those cars and both list
> > ball joints whereas they didn't for the urq.  The one for the CGT has an
> A
> > suffix, the 80/90q is an F suffix.  ETKA shows and E suffix.
> >
> > Will either or both the A & F work for the urq?  I have a passenger side
> A
> > suffix that a friend gave me which was to be for his 85 4000q.  The
> > control
> > arm he gave me has the same p/n as the etka listing for the urq.  Is the
> > ball joint the same?
> >
> > Thanks in advance for helping me out with this!
> >
> > Ed
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Robert A Dupree [mailto:robert.a.dupree at jpmchase.com]
> > Sent: Friday, October 01, 2010 12:11 PM
> > To: Ed Kellock; urq at audifans.com
> > Subject: RE: [urq] ball joints for 85 urq
> >
> >
> > DO NOT BUY THE TRW CLOSE OUT PART FROM ROCKAUTO
> >
> > They have part boxes that have left and right part numbers on them. But
> > the
> > boxes contain only 1-side.
> >
> > I have qty:10 of them and spent days having their guys sift through their
> > inventory and open up boxes.  Right box, wrong part.
> >
> > I have ordered the off-brand balljoint and it should arrive in the next
> > couple days. Will let you know what I think of it when it arrives.
> >
> > Otherwise - 034EFI has them.
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: urq-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:urq-bounces at audifans.com] On
> >> Behalf Of Ed Kellock
> >> Sent: Friday, October 01, 2010 1:03 PM
> >> To: urq at audifans.com
> >> Subject: [urq] ball joints for 85 urq
> >>
> >> Not finding these readily available.  WorldPac online seems to think
> >> they're gold-plated.  BapGeon doesn't show them.  Carquest can get'em
> >> but from a non-standard supplier.
> >>
> >> Rock Auto show a manufacturer closeout of a TRW part, 10404, with a
> >> pop-up that indicates it fits 84-85 quattro.
> >>
> >> Another listing from a different supplier shows too many applications
> >> for me to feel comfortable with it.  Everything from 83-85 quattro to
> >> 88 90 Quattro.  Seems like that one would probably disappiont
> >>
> >> Does anyone know of a reliable p/n supplier, etc.?  I can't find it
> >> online at Autohaus AZ and when I called them the guy was not even
> >> remotely helpful.
> >>
> >> Ed
> >>
> >>
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