Should I be scared or feel lucky?
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From: Cowlesville, NY.... Pop 1,067
Should I be scared or feel lucky?
While working on the front end of the A6 I had a glance down the axle and lo and behold!
Yes, there are a few bolts missing.
Oh, and look what else I found...
So a slight delay in getting the CA's finished.
And I still REALLY hate pinch bolts. I'll update that one tomorrow.
Yes, there are a few bolts missing.
Oh, and look what else I found...
So a slight delay in getting the CA's finished.
And I still REALLY hate pinch bolts. I'll update that one tomorrow.
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From: Warwickshire
They must have been left loose, or over tightened to the point that the have sheared off - certainly, in your photo it looks like there is the remains of the bolt in there?
The second photo - is the spring broken at the last coil?
The second photo - is the spring broken at the last coil?
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Nope, nothing in there. Sorry for the crummy cell pic, but the holes are wide open. Wondering when it would have let go.
At first I thought the coil was just shifted in the seat, but when I pulled the strut out to take a closer look, it's clear it's missing the last bit of coil.
I had some vibration up front that I was addressing with the CA's and TRE's, maybe this had something to do with it too. I'm ordering the bolts this morning and a new spring too. Hopefully they won't take too long to come in.
At first I thought the coil was just shifted in the seat, but when I pulled the strut out to take a closer look, it's clear it's missing the last bit of coil.
I had some vibration up front that I was addressing with the CA's and TRE's, maybe this had something to do with it too. I'm ordering the bolts this morning and a new spring too. Hopefully they won't take too long to come in.
Last edited by squidix9; Apr 2, 2009 at 02:51 AM.
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I think the manual says to torque and use loctite if i remember correctly>>>
It's kind of hard to get a torque wrench on them. I think I had to use some long extensions and adaptors. Even then I torqued em twice in a cross pattern. It would be a real PITA to have one completely break loose. I imagine it would do a lot of damage, but I wouldn't want to find out. Lost an entire rear drive shaft once when the UV joints went out and that was one hell of a bang. Just glad it didn't kick up and go through someones windshield.
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I've never used Loctite on them and I have never had one work loose but I doubt it would do any harm and would possible prevent the possibility of this happening at all.
To Torque them properly, you simply need a good long 1/2" extension. I put one short bolt in the brake disc/hub and then stick a screwdriver in the ventilation slot on the disc to stop it rotating. Always making sure you could each one as you torque them.
To Torque them properly, you simply need a good long 1/2" extension. I put one short bolt in the brake disc/hub and then stick a screwdriver in the ventilation slot on the disc to stop it rotating. Always making sure you could each one as you torque them.
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Maybe it was the guard thingies I was thinking about > >
It's been over a year since I did the transmission and there were so many bolts and crap it gets kind of jumbled up in my head especially since I have actually slept since then. I actually took pictures but lost them when my harddrive on my computer crashed ....so now I have to rely on my not so reliable other hard drive in my head .....let's hope it doesn't crash....I HAVE A GOOD MEMORY BUT IT'S A SHORT ONE ............aHAHAHAHHAHAA
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