[V8] Subframe bushing replacement... issues

[Ed Kellock]

I had a subframe bolt break off on my 89 200q.  An alignment shop cut a hole
in the body inside the wheel well to get at it and then welded it back up.  

Ed

-----Original Message-----
From: v8-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:v8-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of
cobram at juno.com
Sent: Sunday, March 15, 2009 10:51 PM
To: v8 at audifans.com
Subject: Re: [V8] Subframe bushing replacement... issues


Fun job, glad it worked out OK.  I went through this on the ole 5KS:

http://audifans.com/pipermail/quattro/2006-October/113655.html

As I've stated before, I'll junk the car before I go through that
neurosurgery BS again.  If I REALLY had to do it, I'd cut a hole in the
frame next time around then weld it back when done.  

As to why replace, on the 5KS I could actually feel the subframe shift back
and forth.  Decades of hydraulic fluid soaking had taken their toll on the
bushings.  
 
BCNU,
http://www.geocities.com/cobramsri/
"God's a kid with an ant farm. He's not planning anything."
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