[V8] Not just headache, butbone numbing cold too!

[Tony and Lillie]

Nick, I'm still moving, so not on top of hte list righ tnow. But, double nut those front sway bar nits, an dyou will be good. BTDT on probably five cars, and never had a problem. Mine has a bent finder, that happened before I got it. A 5000 of mine also had one, Dave C's old car (the 5-speed for sale) and a friends V8 also did this. His did it before I had the chance to double nut it. BTW, this has been discussed before on teh list.

Tony


-----Original Message-----
>From: NIck Miller <chance9121 at gmail.com>
>Sent: Feb 5, 2010 6:42 PM
>To: V8List Fans <v8 at audifans.com>
>Subject: [V8] Not just headache, butbone numbing cold too!
>
>So, the short and skinny of today's V8 e-mail Diary Brought to You By Nick
>is my friend and I were driving around in the V8, and went to check out a
>Passat for him.  Stopped to grab a bite, and the nut holding the passenger
>side swaybar into the control arm backed out and let go.  I am beyond lucky
>that this happened at the entrance of a parking lot 35 feet from our final
>parking spot.  We got out, and he gave me an "Oh Shit" before I got to the
>other side, where I naturally found the tire to be jammed all the way back,
>but luckily still attatched.
>
>We got the car back together with very few tools in the parking lot with it
>actually being a nice 28 degrees, but snowing and wet.  We found the
>bushing, washer, and nut all in the parking lot or in the brake caliper dust
>shield.  Sure am glad I left those on when I did the brakes.
>
>So, I've got my etka thing here, I grabbed all the drawings of the
>suspension.  I've had control arms, bushings, some other stuff for awhile, I
>need torque specs.  If anyone can give me anything they know, I'd appreciate
>it.  I also could use a suggestion as to anything I might miss.  I've got I
>think all the control arms, most of the bushings, tie rods, ball joints.  I
>don't have wheel bearings yet, I think this would be a good idea.  I've got
>bilstein sports, H&R springs.  I've got a rear subframe from a 92 S4, going
>to have new bushings for that, and new bushings for the front part of the
>subframe.
>
>Hopefully, I can get a new subframe in the next 10 days.  Mine is in tough
>shape.  We also know we will need to redo the nuts that hold the subframe in
>in the rear. I'm going to take and use standard nuts/bolts, and make a new
>upper nut with a metal backing plate and weld those in, the old ones had the
>welds crack.
>
>
>
>Well, that's as short and skinny as it gets coming from me, at least its not
>one of Rogers academy award nominated monologues :-D  Any help is, as
>always, appreciated, and perhaps life saving.  Didn't want to have to do
>this till it was sunny and dry out, but I think this sort of moves it up a
>bit in the book..
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