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Old 4th May 2021, 04:03 PM
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Its rare to need to re-use the arms, so destroying them to get them out is not uncommon.

These days I tend to assume I will need to change both inner and outer tie rods in a D2 when doing control arms. The outer will usually be seized in to the upright and often in to the inner rod as well, so I remove the upright by sawing the tie rod end off and then separate the remains on the bench.
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Old 14th May 2021, 07:07 PM
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Have managed to get the drivers side done - found it a right bitch of a job tbh.
Is there any knack in getting the arch liner back in - I see the procedure mentioned in the pdf but in Rep-66 which I don't see in the downloads.

EDIT: I now see that the arch liner push trim clips are not reusable as no matter what I try I can't get them to fit back in.
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Old 14th May 2021, 09:30 PM
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I bought a pk of them on ebay ,how did u get the tie rod out in the end
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Old 24th May 2021, 07:21 PM
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I bought a pk of them on ebay ,how did u get the tie rod out in the end
Yeh, I'm after buying some of the rivet clips. I didn't get the tie-rod out in the end and I wasn't going to start cutting it like was suggested, so I got the arms out the conventional way by leveraging down the shock mounting plate after loosening the three bolts.
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Hi all,
I am at the point where I need to replace all of my control arms (scrubbing tyres big time) and have found this thread very interesting.
Two questions I hope you may be able to help me with.

1-Are Meyle products any good. I hear that they may not be of german quality??

2- Bushings were mentioned earlier. Can anyone let me know where I can source these, other than Audi. I'm told that Lemforder is the place to go but in Aus it's a little difficult as they seem to deal with the trade only.

Any advise greatly appreciated.
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Old 16th June 2021, 07:25 PM
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Hi all,
I am at the point where I need to replace all of my control arms (scrubbing tyres big time) and have found this thread very interesting.
Two questions I hope you may be able to help me with.

1-Are Meyle products any good. I hear that they may not be of german quality??

2- Bushings were mentioned earlier. Can anyone let me know where I can source these, other than Audi. I'm told that Lemforder is the place to go but in Aus it's a little difficult as they seem to deal with the trade only.

Any advise greatly appreciated.
I don't know anything about Meyle, I bought TRW even though I'd usually buy Lemforder parts. I still have the TRW bushes I bought (JBU138) as I wasn't able to remove the arms without damaging the ball-joints, so my complete arms needed replacing. There's a video of a guy on YT doing the bushings, but the video skips the part where he removes the ball-joints. If you don't have much galvanic corrosion and you can get movement on the ball-joints then maybe you'll fair better than I did - mine were seized solid and took a lot of brute force to get any movement at all. With corrosion, I think the only way to get them out without damaging them would be to have the whole assembly on the bench and be able to drive them out from underneath.
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Old 1st July 2021, 03:52 AM
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Managed to get all Lemforder bushes through ZF here in Aus.

Your comments on ball joints are duly noted.

Thanks for the reply.
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