UrS6 Saloon restoration

[shaun5]

looking good , ive got this job to do soon, where did you get your rear track adjusters from? (the unpainted items)

[Wrath]

Bought them from Heiko in Germany (www.au-tel.de) they where cheaper ones (Optimal) then they I had (Ruville) but they where hard to paint with the balljoint so I bought new ones. If they break I´will use the dirty rusty ones with some touch-up paint

[Vorsprung durch Technik]

Good to here your doing well wrath and slowly getting back into it. However slowly you're doing it, the rear suspension looks superb from where i am sitting and a credit to you!! I have missed your updates since your untimely accident.

Top notch work as ever Wrath!!

[UrS4boy]

One thing that´s a little embarrassing is that I can´t remember how the rear diff mount is attached to the crossmember.

Umm....the clue is on that lovely (I must say) diagram that you have printed off and displayed with the rear suspension bits.

This one:

[Wrath]

Umm....the clue is on that lovely (I must say) diagram that you have printed off and displayed with the rear suspension bits.

This one:

Yes i know how it its attached on the diff. Thanks to your schematic
It was more on the crossmember side I was confused.
Havent got the original left. I assume you bolt it somehow against the crossmember
But it doesent seem to have any washer or anything according to the schematic at VAGCAT. Just one nut in that case. And with the new Apikol the nut looked quite thin and week

[Wrath]

Good to here your doing well wrath and slowly getting back into it. However slowly you're doing it, the rear suspension looks superb from where i am sitting and a credit to you!! I have missed your updates since your untimely accident.

Top notch work as ever Wrath!!

Thank you so much Vorsprung durch Technik, glad you like it

It will take a little longer but im glad that it will be done now

[UrS4boy]

It was more on the crossmember side I was confused.
Havent got the original left. I assume you bolt it somehow against the crossmember
But it doesent seem to have any washer or anything according to the schematic at VAGCAT.

Hmm... don't know what the VAGCAT issue is. This is the diagram that you should have found:

[Wrath]

Jupp, exactly... don´t know if i´m slow today, this is the problem when you dismantle everything and get injured and just have a pile of parts 1 year later to assemble

By the looks of it, it seems like you just attach the diffmount to the diff (3 screws) and unscrew the nut of the big washer and lay it down on the crossmember and then tightned it with the nut tru the crossmember. Washer is between crossmember and diffmount.

But I have accidently tossed the oem mount away so I dont have anything to look at and by the look of the Apikol mount it looks similair except the nut is really thin and the washer is smaller then the oem. Just looked weaker in the construction.
But I guess without having the parts present that you do as I described. Just took a quick googling and found no picture of it so... don´t know if you are suppose to reuse the oemnut aswell...

[Majorcina]

I am glad that u feel bether mate,looking forward to your work

[Thuppu]

Göran, wait a minute. I will send you my address details where you can ship that shiny rear axle.

[Vorsprung durch Technik]

Göran, wait a minute. I will send you my address details where you can ship that shiny rear axle.

I'm already on my way over there to pick it up

[Wrath]

Haha thanks guys...

[Wrath]

Talked to Apikol and the OEM nut are supposed to be re-used and the thin nut on the actual Apikolmount is just to hold it together and it´s made to slide in to the small recess on top of the subframe/crossmember

[Kaitzu]

Awesome project Wrath, keep on the good work!

I just installed my Apicol diff mount during my -93 UrS4 rear axel rebuild and it fits in nicely. You do have to use the old OEM nut or similar to fix the mound to the subframe. The thin nut stays in place like you said above.

Here's a picture of my Apicol diff mount installed -> klik

[macspring]

Hi Wrath, pleased for you that your back is improving enough to let you get back to it.

Looking forward to your future posts in your own time.

Enjoy the journey, the result will be worth it, when you go wot, and feel the thrust into your seat, feel the suspension in the corners, and then the brakes when you look to stop.

And the appearance of it when you look back at the car after parking it.