It's always something with this car.

[8520]

Figured out what the squeaking is in the rear of my car finally. Fuck.

[TwinTurboYacht]

Whoops! ... what is it? lol

[Calimus]

That looks like a sheared shock strut to me. If that's the case, I think a phone call to the maker is in order as that should qualify as a defect unless you were out running the baja 500.

[Vinchenzo51]

And its sheared off low enough to suggest he definitely had that top nut all the way on correctly.

Thats unfortunate Dre. Someone somewhere owes you some good luck BIG time. You've been getting kicked for a little too long, EGT issue, misfires, brakes, now this!

[Audi4.2]

:(

[A62TURBO]

That looks like a caliper slide pin. What is it dre?

[A6Avant]

????

[khalimadeath]

what is it ass? lol

[8520]

That looks like a sheared shock strut to me.

this is what it is. I bought the coil overs used so I doubt I have any warranty. I will be emailing ami tonight.

[A6Avant]

I have never seen that kind of damage before... did it just break under normal wear and tear Dre?

[8520]

Yup. I have no idea how it happened. I had the coil overs installed for 2-4 weeks just fine then started to develop a constant squeak. I was going to switch the rear coils left to right today to see if I could isolate the issue, then I discovered the sheared shaft.

[A6Avant]

That really is odd....

Did you install them? Did you use a air gun?

[8520]

I probably used an air impact to tighten the shock nut as its tricky without one, but with the shock shaft spinning I can't imagine getting enough torque to do any damage.

[A6Avant]

SO you didnt have it clamped from the underside then... No it would not have been enough to do any damage in that case.

Id just write the manufacture a letter and attach the pics.

[8520]

Pm'd ami. I'll update this in the morning. If nothing happens with them, I'll trying emailing the manufacturer directly. Unfortunately I expect to be SOL considering I'm not the original purchaser.

[Vinchenzo51]

I probably used an air impact to tighten the shock nut as its tricky without one, but with the shock shaft spinning I can't imagine getting enough torque to do any damage.

I installed 4 different C5 suspensions this exact same way without issue. I hope they offer to rebuild them for you or at least work with you.

[8520]

Glen@ami said that I have no warranty since I didn't purchase them originally.

[Gumby]

[jmgraham78]

DUDE! that makes me hella pissed off.

Any response from ST?

[A62TURBO]

How much for a new strut?

[8520]

DUDE! that makes me hella pissed off.

Any response from ST?

Just emailed them. We'll see what happens.

How much for a new strut?

I don't know yet. Waiting on a response from AMI.

[FrankA6]

Glen@ami said that I have no warranty since I didn't purchase them originally.

If there was a way to get a hold of the original owner he might have been able to get them for you...

When I sold Vin my coilovers I told him if they ever have any problems to call me and I could contact H&R and get new ones for him since I was the original owner

[8520]

Thought of that but these are second second hand, if you know what I mean.

[VJ's A6]

Dre- that sucks.. I hope they replace the strut..

[NuGGet_PuFFer]

damn dude that sucks, don't give up!! You are an important member of the AZ C5 community!!! lol fo' realz doh'

[8520]

Don't worry. I'm not giving up. I've got some interesting projects planned for the car this year that plenty of people will hate. Ha ha

Got an email back from st and they said the same thing. Sol. Looks like I'll be buying a new shock.

[jmgraham78]

^^ Horseshit... Talk to a supervisor... Tell them your a bad ass forum member where their product is everywhere... The damn things have not even been out a year... RAISE HELL! *(&^*^$#%

[02 A6 2.7T]

^^ Horseshit... Talk to a supervisor... Tell them your a bad ass forum member where their product is everywhere... The damn things have not even been out a year... RAISE HELL! *(&^*^$#%

Heck no! Buy my PSS9's....

[8520]

Heck no! Buy my PSS9's....

I would love to, but I can't justify them, especially considering that I just bought those st's a couple months ago and I'm trying to save for a house.

At least on the plus side, I got my brakes to stop squeaking this morning.

[G Men 08]

Wtf! Given the title of this thread, let me ask you this.. All the money and time, along with blood and tears gone into these things.. Are they worth it?

[Gumby]

^FUCK YES!

[jmgraham78]

^^ Agreed....

[8520]

Wtf! Given the title of this thread, let me ask you this.. All the money and time, along with blood and tears gone into these things.. Are they worth it?

Honestly, yes. When my car is running right I absolutely love it. No other car has ever made me smile as big as this damn thing has.

[8520]

Still waiting for a response from ami on the price Of one shock. Ugh.

Time to email st again.

[A62TURBO]

These wouldn't be bad. http://www.audizine.com/classifieds/...ilovers&cat=39

[martianbooby]

this f#$%#ng sucks!!!

pretty much all i have to contribute or not contribute to the thread...

[khalimadeath]

These wouldn't be bad. http://www.audizine.com/classifieds/...ilovers&cat=39

kinda pricey for 30k miles..

[Vinchenzo51]

I paid that for my H&R coils in like new condition. He should probably let them go for $100 or more less than that.

[8520]

If the replacement shock from st is cheap enough, I might just ditch the st's and find a way to justify dales pss9's.

[02 A6 2.7T]

These wouldn't be bad. http://www.audizine.com/classifieds/...ilovers&cat=39

kinda pricey for 30k miles..

.
Hopefully the seller includes a drum of PB Blaster ... he wants $700 for a set of cheap coilovers that are rusted to f**k ? ...REALLY ?