Re: Ur-Q suspension rehaul...

[Mike Zamikhovsky <"MikeZ755@sprintmail.com"@sprintmail.com>]

Jeffrey J. Goggin wrote:
> 
> Well, so far, so shitty ... my Ur-Q certainly looks pretty up top but
> underneath, practically every nut and bolt is rusted.  The rotors are rusted
> to the hubs; the driveaxles are rusted to the hubs; the balljoints are
> rusted to the strut housings; the tie-rods are rusted to the steering arms,
> etc.  I had forgotten what it's like to work on cars that have been driven
> in snow but after spending 20 hours underneath mine yesterday and today, I
> don't think I'm likely to forget it again any time soon!
> 
> And as if all that isn't bad enough, while replacing one of the control arm
> bushings, I found a crack in the control arm.  Since I'm autocrossing the
> car and don't want to take a chance with it breaking in the future, I'm
> going to replace it instead of welding it ... the problem is that I can't
> get to my spare until Tuesday, which means I'm going to be busy Wednesday
> and Thursday nights since I leave for the San Diego Divisional on Friday
> afternoon.
> 
> And the grand finale, of course, is that when I wasn't able to push the car
> back into my storage room/workshop because one of the front corners was
> being supported by a floor jack, I decided to lock the center diff and drive
> it in instead.  This worked fine, except for my having forgotten to
> reinstall the oil cooler line I had removed to get better access to the a/r
> bar mounts.  Needless to say, my mood didn't improve much after I had to
> spend another 45 minutes cleaning up the resulting puddle of oil...
> 
> On the positive side, judging from the condition of the struts and
> suspension bushings I replaced -- believe it or not, but the front strut
> bearings came out in *several* pieces! -- all the work I've done should
> prove worthwhile.  If the car was fun to drive before, it should be even
> more fun after I've finished!  :^)
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>     / |      _| o    | \       _| o     Jeffrey Goggin
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>   /   | |_| \_| |    |_/  |_| \_| |     http://people.delphi.com/audidudi
>  _________________________________________________________________________Good Job. My UrQ took 6 months for all that and now it looks better 
underneeth than anewhwre else. I also replaced fule pump, acumulator and 
all the hoses down there. I had springs and sway bars refinished as well.
I installed all new hardware everywhere. My suspention was so rusted that 
 I had to drop out front end in one peace and than break it up on my work 
bench. I am also guilty of stupidity of installing urethane bushinds. I 
do not like them on my street car at all. I plan to take them out 
eventually.
Good luck in autocrossing 
  

Mike Zamikhovsky