RE: Quattro Bushings (previously: URGENT--..)

[30-Sep-1994 1058 <moy@quek.enet.dec.com>]

I sent Matt requesting the phone numbers for this part earlier. I also spoke
with an Audi parts guy locally and he told me that they aren't sold separately
due to rusting problems. He told me that the rubber is inside a metal casing
and that when the old rubber bushing is taken out and the new one put in, the
casing is exposed to air and rusts. I'm going to look at the Bentley manual
when I get home to check on his description of the part.

Does his description sound reasonable?

michael
88 5000Q, 82 4000

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My apologies for not picking up on this sooner.  Earlier in the summer, 
I posted some thoughts regarding trapezoidal arm (aka control arm)
bushings for 5000 quattros, specifically my '88 5000 tq.  Some, such as
for the support mount on mine, cost $250 from the dealer.  You also get
a new support mount with your new bushings, even though you don't need
a new support mount.  The part number is 443-511-247-c.

If you want to buy the bushing alone, without the support mount, you
must call a CANADIAN dealer, and spend alot of time convincing him
(her?) that he/she really can get the part.  The supply of these is
allegedly dwindling, as Audi apparently figured out that some of us
were circumventing the $250 US replacement cost (or redesigned the 
part, depending on which theory you like).  The trick is that the 
part number changed to 443-511-247-d.  This is for a replacement 
bushing alone for the support mount on the trapezoidal arm on '88
and possibly earlier 5000 quattros.  Look in your Bentley manual,
it really is called a trapezoidal arm.
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