[V8] Subframe bushing replacement... issues

[Curtis]

Same issues & procedures with my 200.

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On Mar 16, 2009, at 2:33 PM, "Ed Kellock" <ekellock at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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