Re: Rattly Kind of Sound

[Igor Kessel <e6941tb@ix.netcom.com>]

JParry4120@aol.com wrote:

> 5) Clunks in front end. Believe it's KYB shocks I installed last year and the
> effect of Goodyear GA all season 205/14 tires.

Just went through a complete overhaul of the font suspension on my buddie's 
'85 5000s (which used to be mine, BTW). The crappy KYB (he never listened to my 
advice against them) were seizing up intermittantly, depending on the angle of 
force applied, and, man, did they trash the bushings! I have never seen before 
a lower control arm bushing without one gramm of rubber in between the outer shell 
and the inner bolt sleeve. Was it making a clank on every speed bump! Remember 
that, Mike Z, you drove the poor car a week ago.

Now the car has every rubber piece in the suspension replaced and is riding on 
Boge Pro-Gas all around (per my advice). At 12 years of age with well over 200kmi 
on the clock it is as quiet and tight as my younger 200 with 1/3 the mileage.
 
-- 
Igor Kessel
'89 200TQ - 18psi (TAP)
'98 A4TQ - on order...again. For the third time and counting.
Philadelphia, PA
USA