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OEM Rear Sway Bar installation on A6 4.2? Per manual...

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Old Dec 11, 2004 | 09:54 AM
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Default OEM Rear Sway Bar installation on A6 4.2? Per manual...

<center><img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/32668/rear_sway_bar_drvr.jpg"></center><p>Per the Audi service manual, the proper way to install the rear sway bar is on the inner side of the coupling link. This is how the OEM sway bar is installed on MY A6. The driver's side link has broker twice in last 2 months!

Can people, especially with a 4.2, look underneath there and confirm how yours is installed?

Passenger side: http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/32668/rear_sway_bar_pass.jpg
Driver Side: http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/32668/rear_sway_bar_drvr.jpg<ul><li><a href="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/32668/rear_sway_bar_pass.jpg">Passenger side:</a></li></ul>
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Old Dec 11, 2004 | 09:58 AM
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<center><img src="http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_img_a/151084_94_full.jpg"></center><p><ul><li><a href="http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_img_a/151084_94_full.jpg">Link image from A6 Repair Manual</a></li></ul>
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Old Dec 11, 2004 | 10:53 AM
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Yours is on the outside. Just checked mine, it's on the inside.
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Old Dec 11, 2004 | 11:02 AM
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Default Thanks yakimaA4avant. Apparently it was an Audi tech who put it in that way...

...no wonder it broke twice in a few months!
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Old Dec 11, 2004 | 11:04 AM
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Default Yow! Who did it? From the factory?

See the dealer...it may be covered especially if the car has been dealer maintained all its life. They may fix it as a favor.
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Old Dec 11, 2004 | 11:33 AM
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That's downright scary, good thing you caught this!
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