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17th July 2010, 10:34 AM
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split city
I knew it! i JUST knew it....... MOT a coming up..car starts acting the goat. Every damn time and every car i've owned
 Taking a gentle pootle into town notice a whole new peculiar creaky groany noise.....hmmmmmm, abandon shopping trip (making me very popular i can assure you) and whizz it up on jacks and oh joy, 1 very recently dead cv boot (still got some grease in the joint and back part of boot so its recent), 3 tonnes of cv grease on every surface you can imagine and a few you can't and 1 crippled '8. SON OF A ............ New boot from factors £10, easy peasy, but the hub nut is a stretch bolt and shouldn't be reused apparently, audi don't have them (why would they!?) so its delayed till tuesday at 8 squids plus osbornes share. Damn, blast, curse....etc etc and then its convincing the bottom arms to let go.....i could be at this for some time  i hate the run up to MOT time.(i'm almost tempted to use a sticky boot as an emergncy get me moving option. almost) 
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17th July 2010, 11:19 AM
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Your not alone. Just found one on nearside forward. I will be reusing the stretch bolt though. Just stretching it a bit further!!!!!
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Conan (the Librarian) Watch it if you dare Currently, 2000 S8, Merlin Purple, Leather Pack 1, Winter Pack 1, SPAX adjustable suspension, AP Racing 6 pot front caliper, 385mm fully floating disks, EBC Yellow Stuff Pads, Black Diamond grooved rear disks and predetor pads, D2 Doctors Brake Block. 1997 4.2 A8SQ - the Projekt. 12 years and ongoing! 1997 4.2 A8SQ - Ming Blue. Restoration sat waiting; saved from the Scrapyard 2003 C5 Allroad 4.2Q - Cobolt Blue. Towing car. Laid up awaiting manual conversion. 2005 C5 Allroad 2.5TDi FE - Grey - Workhorse. 2015 Q3QS SLine - Daytona Grey. Lots of extras! Long Haired Admirals cutter. Previously 2003 C5 A6 1.9TDI FWD - Loaner from D2 Doctor Lifex 1997 S8 - Ming Blue. Loaned out and written off. I loved that car. My first engine swap after cambelt failure. 1996 4.2 A8SQ - Ming Blue. 178k on a cambelt! Trader's 8. Delivered to A8Parts at Lifex. 2003 2.8 A8SQ - powder blueish. Fill in for a while. Sold on. 1998 1.8T A4 Avant FWD. Ming Blue (there's a theme here), PEX for the 97 S8. And a list of non VAG going back 40 years before I saw the light. 
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17th July 2010, 12:02 PM
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must be the warm weather?!
 don't fancy reusing my bolt........i'd hate to get it nearly tight and it going ping leaving half the little tinker stuck in my drive shaft, and knowing my luck, thats exactly where i'll end up either that or the wheel will drop off.................... hopefully i'm not that unlucky 
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