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25th April 2015, 08:30 PM
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Upper control arms
Anyone replaced theirs?
I have had the car apart this week doing bits and pieces and noticed that the UCA's and drop links need replacing. Would like any pointers or tips if someone has done it before. Also any recommendations on suppliers would be welcome too.
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25th April 2015, 09:46 PM
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Buy lemforder if your keeping the car their the oem manufacturer, the the pinch bolt may be a pain in the bum so give it some good soaking with plus gas or something similar for a few days and let it soak in, the last one I did in an aluminium hub was a right PITA, usually you have to set the arm and bolt it up at the same position it'd be at at normal ride height to reduce the flex on the bush and stop premature wear, this is usually done with a jack pushing the hub up to the desired hight, unbolt the ARB link to make life easier, only gripe id have is how the air suspension will behave when your messing about with it raising the hub, hopefully jacking mode disables it completely.
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26th April 2015, 07:27 AM
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^^^^^
What he said! I've just put UCA's onto one of the D3's and used lemforder also.
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26th April 2015, 02:58 PM
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My advice would be to use the ELSA instructions don't just guess. You need to tighten the bolts with the arms at specific heights relative to the strut mount to make sure the bushes are in equilibrium. I found mister-auto was the cheapest place and had the full range of brands including OE TRW, Lemforder and MOOG. One of my pinch bolts was so badly seized it required an air-chisel and drilling followed by pulling it out by way of double nut and greased washer to tighten against the housing.
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26th April 2015, 03:07 PM
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I have both elsawin and bentley, but was looking for tips or shortcuts.
Chaps on Audiworld have done it by dropping the mount slightly instead of taking the whole strut out which is the way I think I will go at it once I order the bits. I think I will order the bushes from Audi as I can't seem to find ones for the S8 by aftermarket companies. Thanks guys.
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26th April 2015, 03:33 PM
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