Re: re:link rod for 90/Coupe?

["Michael Benno" <mbenno@mr.net>]

Dan:
I hope Linda sent you the right part. There was a TSB on these items.
Aparently they are to  be replaced with shorther linkrods. I think 3mm
shorter. You can tell be looking at the rods. New rods have a engraved line
on the rod about 15mm from one end. The line wraps around the circumfrence
of the rod. The old rods do not have this line.

This TSB applied to all 1990/91 sedans as well as the Coupes.

MBB
90q20v

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> From: Dan Cooke Cooke@cs.lmco.com <COOKE@taurus.cs.lmco.com>
> To: hayasht@vrg.utoronto.ca
> Cc: QUATTRO@coimbra.ans.net
> Subject: re:link rod for 90/Coupe?
> Date: Wednesday, June 11, 1997 6:35 AM
> 
> >
> >I just ordered the parts from Linda ($35 each side).  I will get back to

> >after I install the parts.  I hope we are talking about the same type
> >of noise here.  Like I mentioned before, it's a creaking/rubbing noise. 

> >It's NOT a clicking,thumping, clunking, whining, heavy gridning type
> >of noise.  And I hear it when I steer the car at low speeds.  There is
> >no noise if I go straight.
> >
>  I just fixed mine last night and it was the link rod.  Just remove the
> link rod (2 17mm nuts), remove the spring clip from around the boot,
clean
> and pack with grease, reinstall all parts.  That was the left side and
the
> noise has since gone away -- I'll probably do the right side as well
later
> this week.
> >
> >What's the mileage on your car?  Mine has 94,000 km (58,700 miles).
> 
>  134300 miles.
> 
> Dan Cooke
> cooke@cs.lmco.com
> '90 90Q20V
> '86 4KCSQ