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

[NIck Miller]

Well, Shit wish I would have known.  Won't make the same mistake again.  I'm
going to be redoing everything here soon, but I'm broke as a joke till I get
paid, which is taking a painfully long time.  I swear to god, never trust
the government/military ever.  bleh.

Thanks for the heads up, I'll do that.  Yes, my fender is now pretty messed
up.  I'll try and fix it somehow though. I already needed a new pass fender
because this one has a bit of rust/damage.

Be safe while moving on the roads out there.

I just need a few more pieces for the rear (bushings and such) and all the
nuts/bolts and I'm good to go.  I'll make sure to ask scott
On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 9:49 PM, Tony and Lillie <
tonyandlillie1 at earthlink.net> wrote:

> 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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