[V6-12v] Update: How bad is it?? Front diff. problems on '95 90Q w/new struts

[Elliott Potter]

Hah!  Good luck.  I took my car to NTB once to have new tires put on and
then get the car aligned ... a couple of days later, while starting from
a stop sign, one of the front wheels came off the suspension ...
followed by the other one.  I don't know why, but they removed the pins
of the ball joints from the rest of the suspension, and didn't put them
back on right.  Went there and shouted and screamed for a while but the
mechanic swore up and down that he didn't touch the ball joints, and
that the camber magically adjusted itself.  Whatever.  Not going back...
--
Elliott

On Wed, 2 Jun 2004, Joel Lenorovitz wrote:

> Thanks for the responses on this one.  After getting a chance to look in the
> daylight with the wheel removed, I realized that the lateral movement was caused by
> looseness of the nuts that secure the ball joint plate to the bottom of the strut
> tower.  A great relief for me as I think everything else is OK.
>
> Now to go down and have it out with the idiots at the alignment place.  I never
> touched those nuts, but I'm assuming they must have.  That's how the camber would be
> adjusted, correct?
>
> Thanks,
> Joel
>
>
> --- Richard Tanimura <rictan302 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > Thanks Joel,
> >
> > Do keep me in the loop about the half shafts. Hope it
> > won't be one of those fixes where you wallet goes into
> > convulsions :-)
> >
> > Rich
> >
> > --- Joel Lenorovitz <jlenorovitz at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hey Richard,
> > >
> > > It was the shock insert I changed, so I probably
> > > didn't have the terminology right
> > > there.  Bilstein does indeed make a replacement unit
> > > for all 4 wheels.  Through
> > > Blaufergnugen they are more expensive than the Boge
> > > for the fronts (~$119 Bilstein
> > > vs. ~$75 Boge), but on the rear the ridiculous Boge
> > > pricing cancels it out (~$119
> > > Bilstein vs. $199 Boge).  That's per each insert, so
> > > for less money overall, might
> > > as well have Bilsteins all around.
> > >
> > > I'll keep you posted if I find anything out about
> > > the repair work,
> > >
> > > Joel
> > >
> > > --- Richard Tanimura <rictan302 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > --- Joel Lenorovitz <jlenorovitz at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > > > > Greetings,
> > > > >
> > > > > I recently replaced the OE front struts in my
> > > '95
> > > > > 90Q with Bilsteins (quite a
> > > > > difference!), which seemed to go fairly well
> > > once I
> > > > > got all the right tools on hand.
> > > >
> > > > Did you change the whole strut or just the shock
> > > > inserts in the strut? I am not being picky, just
> > > > curious. If Bilstein makes struts for our car, I
> > > could
> > > > be interested in some.
> > > >
> > > > >  I tried to take care and support the A-arm by
> > > the
> > > > > ball joint while the strut tower
> > > > > was out, but on one side it did manage to slip
> > > at
> > > > > one point and go to its extreme
> > > > > travel.  What stopped it was the half-shaft
> > > coming
> > > > > from the front differential I now
> > > > > I fear I may have some problems there.
> > > > >
> > > > > The CV joint at the wheel and everything that's
> > > > > physically attached to the strut
> > > > > tower seem to be tight and in decent shape, but
> > > I
> > > > > get some lateral play (~ 1 1/2
> > > > > inches) in the whole assembly when the car is
> > > jacked
> > > > > off the ground.
> > > >
> > > > 1.5" sounds like a lot.
> > > >
> > > > I just changed to new springs and had my struts
> > > off.
> > > > Now you got me concerned.
> > > >
> > > > Rich
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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