Re: Having a ball with a joint....

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In a message dated 96-06-21 16:39:59 EDT, you write:

<< Yo, Scott.  What the heck Audi have you been working on?!!  I've taken a
 friggin crow bar (is that right?  I've never had to spell that before) to
 that split and no voila.  Had a crow bar on the split with a jack under
 the brake caliper mount and a five foot cheater trying to pry.  Nothing
 but frustration.  I'm not saying you're wrong, just lucky.  Taking the
 a-arms off the subframe is the only thing that has ever worked for me out
 of the 10 or 15 times I've taken these things apart.  Consider yourself
 smiled upon (or is it that I'm frowned upon?).  
  >>
5kt/q Jeremy, please read on....
The primitive pete procedure is as follows (and forbottin by the boys at
Bentley says mr spiers, tho scott notes that Mr. B prolly figgrd the last
mechanic used a torque wrench not an air hammer on that retaining bolt):

Get your disposable screwdriver, not Todd's snap-on
lightly tap into split in hub
depending on blade, either pry (don't need much, like 1/16") or tap to split
Take 5 foot bar (referenced in Bentley no less, doubt there is an audi tool)
     I use audi tool 02X04 six feet long
Pry down (as in stand on) bar and it will come out
NOTE Mike:  that 10.9 bolt uses a nylon ringed locking nut

I assure you Jeremy, given the number of cars and number of times I've done
this procedure, it ain't luck....  And if you look at the procedure in Mr.
Bentley, there is NO reference to the pull of the control arm first.
 Thinking on this further, there is no a-arm on an 87 5ktq, so to do your
recommended method would require:  removing sway bar, brake caliper, abs
sensor, tie rod end and driveshaft to give enough room to pull the CONTOL-arm
out of the subframe....  Hmmmmm, hardly smiling after that.......

Scott