A little something to keep me busy

[Tractor Dave]

So today I cleaned up the prop shaft ready for re fitting. The joints are all good. I just cleaned them and put new grease in.


The flanges have been cleaned and a new gasket stuck on with red rtv.


I haven't actually put the prop back on as I'm waiting for new handbrake cable retaining springs. Access is much easier without the prop in.
So rear wheel arch liners got a scrub.


And fitted. Then boot got cleaned out and rear bumper fitted. I sprayed the bumper brackets with dry lube (plastic safe) and they slipped on really easily. Hook the top on and press in the bottom.


I certainly wasn't using the old bolts. Luckily, they are the same as S2 Avant ones and I happened to have some new old stock ones (as you do!).




Now I was thinking about the exhaust. These cats are from an S2 Coupe and don't really fit. Before I start cutting and welding, has anyone got a pair of S6 cats knocking about?


The cats from this car were stolen some time ago. Sad face.


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[Tractor Dave]

So I just cleaned the powder coating from the caliper carriers and everything fitted up nicely.




Then onto the front brakes. All went smoothly.


Big torque wrench for the main bolts and thread lock.

The little link pipes did not survive re entry so I had to make some new ones up.



I just bent them carefully by hand to the rough shape of the old ones.

Then onto bleeding brakes and slave. Using my pressure bleeder. Brilliant bit of kit.


And straight away there was a problem. I was expecting this as I've never managed to get these stainless connectors to seal.
So swapped it out for a brass one with copper olives and we are good.


Then onto the slave. I made a tool for bleeding the slave on the S2 a few years ago. There is no space for a conventional spanner.


And amazingly tue slave bled first go. These can be a right pita. Clutch pedal feels nice and light and returns nicely.

I will probably bleed everything again once all the bubbles have settled and the engine run.


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[Tractor Dave]

Just back in from the garage after a couple of hours post dinner. I was hoping to get the back brakes on tonight but the caliper carriers are touching the discs (just). I checked that I had the correct discs and they are good. It appears that the powder coat on the hub carrier and caliper carrier is so thick that it puts the carrier out a millimetre or two and enough to make contact. I will have to clean the contact points down.
Impressed with the abs pin kit mind. Stainless steel and good quality boots.



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[Tractor Dave]

No link, sorry. I bought it from my vag mechanic friend and he got it through work years ago. I did search for one before I persuaded him to sell it to me (as I was borrowing it so often) but couldn't find one. He does the more modern stuff now so wasn't using it anymore.

[sidrick]

Awesome work!

Got a link to that wheel bearing tool?

[Tractor Dave]

So swapping over the abs sensors should have been a five minute job but took ages. I had to cut and swap the plugs over but I also swapped over the protector grommets as the new wire only had one pathetic one fitted.


The connectors are under the back seat.


The new wire is taped to the cut old one and pulled through from underneath.




I put some tessa tape over the joint.

Then onto the rear brakes. Splash plates are new from Tradition. Don't ask the price. Stainless screws holding it on. You have to cut down the ones next to the abs sensor otherwise they can crush it.

[Tractor Dave]

Back end both sides is coming together nicely. I've been using Quattro World for torque settings. Some good info on there.




I have new abs cages. They are Truck Tek from Autodoc. Stainless steel and appear good quality. I coated them in Ceramic grease which is compatible with abs. Unfortunately, the new rear abs sensors sent by Autodoc have the wrong connectors so I will have to do some electrical work.




Before I put the brakes on, I've filled the inside of the cross member with good quality wax and sprayed all the nuts and bolts that usually go rusty with clear wax.





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[B5NUT]

Yes very nice.

[Rikki Kitto]

Lovely colour

[Tractor Dave]

I'm going to have to burn some midnight oil on this project as my Ur paint is nearly finished.



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[Tractor Dave]

Rear arms went back nicely.
I decided to fit the bearings on the car. This eliminates the risk of damage to the nice new powder coating in the vice.


I used my Muller tool.
Don't forget the inner and outer circlips!




Then the hub.



Strut going in this afternoon then onto the other side.


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[Tractor Dave]

The handbrake cable guide was completely missing from the right side of the diff. You can see the remains of the bracket wheee someone cut it off.


So I re purposed a stainless oil pipe clip. Works nicely. This clip is important as it prevents the handbrake cable fouling the driveshaft.



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[Tractor Dave]

So I assembled the subframe and lined it up under the car. I then slowly dropped the car onto it. It went surprisingly well. I just had to move the brake lines to one side to stop them fouling.






I had to search my secret Audi bolt supplies to replace the bolts that weren't long enough. I found two that fitted perfectly and were 10.9 grade.


Then with the subframe fitted and bolts still loose, I centralised it. This 10mm socket fitted the internal gap nicely.


This should hopefully help with wheel alignment.

I'm using new drop links and camber adjusters. Nla at Audi and Lemforder are only available as a half repair kit (plus rather expensive). The quality of these ABS ones look quite good. They are handed and I double checked I was getting them the right way around.


It's starting to come together. The new bushes were from Tradition.





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[hunker7]

Happy to assist in any way I can.

I'm really enjoying working on this car and will be looking for my own Urs6 when it goes.

I think UrS4/6 are hugely underrated, and always have been undervalued. I picked up my first UrS4 for £2200 road worthy, and £1000 for my current one but was a non starter. Although it was 8 years ago. And C4 has always been better spec car with digital climate control & AC being pretty much standard on most cars.