Timing Chain or Belt?

[Sinner2004]

Thanks mate that's great.
I ordered the boot struts, rear gearbox seal, and bulb holder from a8 parts yesterday lunch time and received them around 11am today, now that's service.
I have ordered the suspension arms they should be here Tuesday, also got the cam gaskets on order now from autodoc hopefully should be with me soon just going to go order the gearbox filter and should be almost ready to get cracking and get it back on the road.
I really appreciate everyone's help.

Ps any tips or anything I should watch out for when doing the above work? Cheers simon

[MikkiJayne]

Which arms have you bought? The Meyle kit comes with the wrong nuts for the balljoints so you need to buy the right ones if thats what you have.

The silver-green one is for alloy uprights, which is what Meyle comes with. Those nuts don't fit the steel uprights so you need the black ones instead. The black ones are 4D0407644A or Febi 15905.





Also, most kits come with the wrong pinch bolt for the upper arms, so check what you have vs what comes out. We can deal with numbers for that depending on what you have.

[Sinner2004]

I went for a kit off eBay which was cheap for now to get me through the mot then I'm going to get a proper genuine kit or like you say a meyle kit.

This is the kit

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/203928181...mis&media=COPY

Would I be able to use existing nuts for now ? Or are they single use?

[MikkiJayne]

Ah. Thats an A4/A6 kit, not an A8 kit so only three of the four arms on each corner will work. The upper front arm is unique on the A8 so you'll have to leave that one in.

Its not clear from the smorgasbord of pictures what hardware that kit actually comes with so you'll just have to see what works on the lower arm balljoints and maybe reuse the old nuts.

[Sinner2004]

That's not good. I did ask about this kit

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/202737059...mis&media=COPY

But I was told by them it won't fit my car as I had the 16mm ball joints not the 20mm I even gave them my vin number so they told me I needed the one I sent previously do you think I have the wrong one then?

[MikkiJayne]

Neither of them will fit an A8.

[Sinner2004]

Ok,
So after messaging them with my concerns it won't fit they have now said that due to the complexity of the data base they use they can't be sure it will lol.
So I'm going to send it back once it gets here for a refund.
So going to start looking for a kit that will actually fit my car lol 😂
Thanks guys would be lost in a minefield without you

[MikkiJayne]

Whats the point of even having it then?

This is the Meyle kit I use, which is correct apart from the nuts I mentioned earlier:

Meyle PF arm kit 1160500041/HD

These are the nuts - you need four.

Febi 15902 Collar nut

Meyle HD has a 4 year warranty so its pretty good value IMO. I've used loads of these - the oldest kit I've done is on my grey S8 at 7 years.

[Sinner2004]

Yes my point exactly what's the point telling me that's the one I need if they don't even know themselves lol
Yes I'll have to get some more funds together and get the proper kit you've sent me.
I'll see what they send and see if it's all rubbish or I can make use of any of it when it turns up.
I'm going to do the rear seal on my gearbox as it's dripping oil on the cats and service the gearbox at the same time being I got to drain the box anyway lol.
Then the rocker gaskets, and service the engine get that out the way then move onto the suspension and other stuff lol.
I'll definitely have lots more questions so don't disappear lol.