T-28-Quattro de VT

How do i test to see which ball joints and control arms are busted?

hellboy

I think i remember someone sayin to push down on each fender and listen for unusual sounds.

T-28-Quattro de VT

yes but there are 4 on each side in the front. How do i tell outter,inner,top, bottom?

Skene @ PES Tuning

have someone else push down and you by the wheel listening.

Kris Hansen

GENTLY while you feel around behind the wheel.. You are going to want to feel each ball joint end of the control arms, there are 4, 2 upper and 2 lower. Feel each one, if one is vibrating more than any of the others, it is likely the culprait. You can also try to spray some Wd40 up in the dust boot, just to see if it makes the squeak go away. If it does, again, that is the bad one. It is possible that there may be more than one squeaking. Last time on my wife's car, we ended up replacing 6 of the 8 arms.

CharlieGSanD

you use a bar for leverage and move the control arms with the car off the ground for lower joints and the car on the ground for uppers.(or was it vice versa?) you are feeling for excessive movement at the joint

it is really a matter of feel, id say take it in and have an audi tech look at it, he will be able to tell for shure

T-28-Quattro de VT

Looked more like straight bolted on. Check the boots and everything looked ok. Im to the clunking stage. Past the squeaks. i guess I'll try some WD 40 and have someone push down.

Andy Hedin

Very tough at times.....I had two mechanics looking at my A4 trying to figure out which one was bad.

T-28-Quattro de VT

Are they going to rape me for having them put it up on a lift and find the problem. The control arms dont look that hard to replace. Did you do your wives?

Kris Hansen

Oh, and yes, I "did my wives" LOL!!! ;-)

What dealer are you going to? They shouldn't be too hard on you just to look at it.