Front 'control arm'?

[Keeper of The Kitten]

Ah that explains it ...and speaking of ECP, I hear on the grapevine that they've just been bought by an American individual or firm ...hopefully this won't be to the detriment of the parts availability.

[mcandmar]

If it were me i would only fit poly bushings, superflex or powerflex whatever you can get your hands on. Original bushings dont last more than a few months for me, mainly due to our roads.

I bought my balljoints from Pete, think they were Lemforder. Note the cast a-arm ball joint is NOT the same as a pressed a-arm, dont mix them up.

[epic]

[Error404]

If it were me i would only fit poly bushings, superflex or powerflex whatever you can get your hands on. Original bushings dont last more than a few months for me, mainly due to our roads.

I bought my balljoints from Pete, think they were Lemforder. Note the cast a-arm ball joint is NOT the same as a pressed a-arm, dont mix them up.

Whats is the difference? I have used ball joints from my old pressed arms on my forged wishbones no problems

[benntenn67]

wishbones

Cast arms have different bushes to the pressed arms - the ball joints are the same though - It's a job that you can tackle yourself at home
I wouldn't bother with OEM bushes, for longevity, go for some of these,

http://www.powerflex.co.uk/products/80+-+90+Avant+Quattro+(1992-1996)%2C+S2+Saloon%2C+Sedan+and+Avant+B4%2C+RS2+B4+(1994-1996)-302/1.html

http://www.superflex.co.uk/products.php?cat=80

[mcandmar]

Ill see can i dig out a few old ones and snap a pic, from memory the main difference is the location of the mounting flange \ height of the balljoint. If you think about it on pressed arms the flange sits in the middle or centerline or the a-arm, with the forged arms the flange is bolted on the bottom. A friend did the same using pressed balljoints on a solid arm but i immediately spotted it when i looked under the car, the difference was that obvious.

Part Numbers are,

895 407 365 A Forged Left
895 407 366 A Forged Right

8A0 407 365 Pressed Left
8A0 407 366 Pressed Right

[macspring]

Ill see can i dig out a few old ones and snap a pic, from memory the main difference is the location of the mounting flange \ height of the balljoint. If you think about it on pressed arms the flange sits in the middle or centerline or the a-arm, with the forged arms the flange is bolted on the bottom. A friend did the same using pressed balljoints on a solid arm but i immediately spotted it when i looked under the car, the difference was that obvious.

Part Numbers are,

895 407 365 A Forged Left
895 407 366 A Forged Right

8A0 407 365 Pressed Left
8A0 407 366 Pressed Right

Mark,



Error,



Benntenn67,










I'll get my coat.

[andy10v]

Why did they decline to fit the engine mount? It is not a fun job but not impossible by any means.

Regarding the ball joints, do they mount fine on the "wrong" arms? Could they be used for better arm position on lowered cars by swapping them over?

[Error404]

Ill see can i dig out a few old ones and snap a pic, from memory the main difference is the location of the mounting flange \ height of the balljoint. If you think about it on pressed arms the flange sits in the middle or centerline or the a-arm, with the forged arms the flange is bolted on the bottom. A friend did the same using pressed balljoints on a solid arm but i immediately spotted it when i looked under the car, the difference was that obvious.

Part Numbers are,

895 407 365 A Forged Left
895 407 366 A Forged Right

8A0 407 365 Pressed Left
8A0 407 366 Pressed Right

interesting, never noticed any difference, but then maybe I've never seen the two different types

Be keen to see some pics if you have some Mark?

If the 8A0 joints are "taller" then using them on a forged arm you are effectively increasing the length of the McStrut so on a lowered car you're raising the roll centre in relation the CoG and reducing body roll - so David -

[macspring]

interesting, never noticed any difference, but then maybe I've never seen the two different types

Be keen to see some pics if you have some Mark?

If the 8A0 joints are "taller" then using them on a forged arm you are effectively increasing the length of the McStrut so on a lowered car you're raising the roll centre in relation the CoG and reducing body roll - so David -

Error, nice try, but no recovery.

[Error404]

[macspring]

Error,

Don't worry, I still respect you.

[Error404]

Phew! Suicide aborted!

[macspring]

Good one.

Well between the two of us we've well and truly hijacked Ross' thread.

Hope he gets to ADI.

Kind regards.