Re: A Arm bushes/torqueing

[Huw Powell <audi@mediaone.net>]

> I am only doing the front A arms this year, so the car will be supported at the front only by axle stands, therefore leaving the jack free to use to compress the strut/wheel into it's normal position, which from memory only has a few inches of movement anyway. Am I right in this or am I still missing something here???

Yeah, to preload the suspension you will have to basically take all the
weight off that sides stand with the jack.  As Phil said, do you really
want to  have one corner supported by a jack only and crawl under the
car and start torquing away?  NO

buy, beg, borrow, build, or steal a pair of ramps and do it safely.  

(I just did - my metal ones are too steep for my lowered car, so I
bought 3 12' 2 by 10's, cut them all in half, then cut 45 degree angles
at various distances along the 6 6 foot pieces.  7" run for each 1.5"
rise is what I used.  Buncha nails and something to prevent me driving
off the sides and ends and I'll be done.)

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Huw Powell

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82 Audi Coupe; 84 4kq; 85 Coupe GT; 73 F250