Quattro rear balljoints-easy job? - Page 2

BIGGYIN · 02-10-09, 08:07 PM

http://www.alleuro.com/vwparts.php
These are having alaugh,$121.
Right number,wrong price.

BIGGYIN · 02-10-09, 08:21 PM

https://secure.gsfcarparts.com/shop/results.asp
Don,t know which side it is?
You could phone them.
Don,t you love the internet,link doesn,t work.
I,ll try and fix it.

20vcqdriver · 02-10-09, 08:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BIGGYIN

https://secure.gsfcarparts.com/shop/results.asp
Don,t know which side it is?
You could phone them.

If it the rear ball joint that fastens to the bottom of the strut by 2 bolts then they are the same for both sides. Easy job and not under pressure unless you have a rear roll bar as I do. Should only take 20-30minutes each side.

mikes2 · 02-10-09, 08:31 PM

These are the early style

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/2-Ball-Joints-...d=p3286.c0.m14

Thankfully Audi changed the design. Almost every time, one of the bolts will shear off (they're only M8).

These were fitted to the early cars. Yours being a 1989 will have the ones in the other link.

Jack up, remove wheel and secure on a stand.

Undo caliper and tie out the way. This gives you easier access to the pinch bolt.

Undo the pinchbolt and nut. Throw them away as you'll want to fit new ones

Undo the wishbone to subframe nuts / bolts. Use a splitter to extract the ball joint from the base of the strut. Remove the complete assembly.

Best to mount the wishbone on a bench vice and extract the balljoint off the car. Note that rear balljoints are curved and the curve faces the rear of the car

they look like this

http://s2-audi.co.uk/tech_articles/u...all_joints.jpg

BIGGYIN · 02-10-09, 08:32 PM

Was a while back when i changed mine,but i thought there were one shape for LEFT and one for RIGHT.(On my car/year)
My memory is crap.lol.

spaarky · 02-10-09, 11:43 PM

cheers for all the info everyone - have been spending ages trying to confirm part no. etc but thinking biggyin is on the money - that my balljoints are handed left & right, since pressed into bolt-on arm, which is what makes them handed L/R

mikes2, again thanks for all the info - & you're right, I don't have the type in your ebay link - I got the part no. from the vendor in biggyin's earlier ebay link (855 407 366A) & unfortunately, I don't think these are right either even though they look v similar. grrrr

does everyone go to audi dealers for their balljoints & pin clamps ? am still shocked at costs . . .

spaarky · 02-10-09, 11:54 PM

mikes2 - maybe it's my system, but I couldn't get your S2 link to work fully, but have followed the address to the rear balljoint photo on that site & that looks right for my car - lots of useful info on that site on how to strip rear suspension etc, so thanks again for that

http://s2-audi.co.uk/tech_articles/u...all_joints.jpg

02-10-09, 08:21 PM	#12
BIGGYIN 4 ring whore! Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Merseyside Posts: 7,976	Will this fit? https://secure.gsfcarparts.com/shop/results.asp Don,t know which side it is? You could phone them. Don,t you love the internet,link doesn,t work. I,ll try and fix it.

02-10-09, 08:31 PM	#14
mikes2 4 ring whore! Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Polmont Posts: 2,617	These are the early style http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/2-Ball-Joints-...d=p3286.c0.m14 Thankfully Audi changed the design. Almost every time, one of the bolts will shear off (they're only M8). These were fitted to the early cars. Yours being a 1989 will have the ones in the other link. Jack up, remove wheel and secure on a stand. Undo caliper and tie out the way. This gives you easier access to the pinch bolt. Undo the pinchbolt and nut. Throw them away as you'll want to fit new ones Undo the wishbone to subframe nuts / bolts. Use a splitter to extract the ball joint from the base of the strut. Remove the complete assembly. Best to mount the wishbone on a bench vice and extract the balljoint off the car. Note that rear balljoints are curved and the curve faces the rear of the car they look like this http://s2-audi.co.uk/tech_articles/u...all_joints.jpg __________________ 1991 90 quattro 20v sport 1991 90 quattro

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02-10-09, 08:07 PM	#11
BIGGYIN 4 ring whore! Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Merseyside Posts: 7,976	http://www.alleuro.com/vwparts.php These are having alaugh,$121. Right number,wrong price.

02-10-09, 08:32 PM	#15
BIGGYIN 4 ring whore! Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Merseyside Posts: 7,976	Was a while back when i changed mine,but i thought there were one shape for LEFT and one for RIGHT.(On my car/year) My memory is crap.lol.

02-10-09, 11:43 PM	#16
spaarky Grown up member Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 124	cheers for all the info everyone - have been spending ages trying to confirm part no. etc but thinking biggyin is on the money - that my balljoints are handed left & right, since pressed into bolt-on arm, which is what makes them handed L/R mikes2, again thanks for all the info - & you're right, I don't have the type in your ebay link - I got the part no. from the vendor in biggyin's earlier ebay link (855 407 366A) & unfortunately, I don't think these are right either even though they look v similar. grrrr does everyone go to audi dealers for their balljoints & pin clamps ? am still shocked at costs . . .

02-10-09, 11:54 PM	#17
spaarky Grown up member Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 124	mikes2 - maybe it's my system, but I couldn't get your S2 link to work fully, but have followed the address to the rear balljoint photo on that site & that looks right for my car - lots of useful info on that site on how to strip rear suspension etc, so thanks again for that http://s2-audi.co.uk/tech_articles/u...all_joints.jpg