my work for friday...

[kluge9]

still awaiting my cam chain tensioner and associated gaskets to try to calm down my knock/tick. wish me luck i guess...

[snoop]

The first thing i thought of when looking at the pic was, Good luck. I hope you're pinch bolts are not siezed,

[baboom]

o man looks like fun...been there done that... good luck

[NakedDave8]

The first thing i thought of when looking at the pic was, Good luck. I hope you're pinch bolts are not siezed,

X2! Such a PITA!

[Militant-Grunt]

Lowers aren't as bad as seized upper. Just incase have a torch and a big hammer, because you may have to beat the shit out of them to get them out.

[Poopie]

hopefully you don't have to drill them

[kluge9]

Yeah, i have an entire can of PB that im going to use this afternoon. Im using a full shop, so they have a torch and probably the biggest hammers you can find. "if you cant find the right tool in here, probably shouldnt be working on cars" lol

[minira]

damn, i'm dreading the day I'm going to do those, which would be soon. good luck with it and where'd you pick up the parts?

[kluge9]

i actually got them on ebay. foreign car parts. i think the name they use on there is fcp groton. heard good things about them from other members. i think it was like 280ish for the s4 upgraded set.

[Militant-Grunt]

i actually got them on ebay. foreign car parts. i think the name they use on there is fcp groton. heard good things about them from other members. i think it was like 280ish for the s4 upgraded set.

A4 and S4 control arms are identical except for 2000 S4 where the lowers had a thicker bit that went into the upright. (Because uprights were aluminum)

[Squarrl]

use different oil

[AudiRacerS4]

use different oil

care to explain?

[Squarrl]

well first off use 5W 40 instead of the 5W30 he has purchased

[AudiRacerS4]

well first off use 5W 40 instead of the 5W30 he has purchased

oh ok i thought you were saying that castrol was bad oil because i only use there 0w30 in my car

[Squarrl]

no the GC is nice and is closer to 40 then 30 from what i read.

Honestly the castrol 5W40 has vw 502 spec which is what is needed

[kluge9]

ill see if i have my receipt and go return it and get 5w40. thanks for the info.

[Kronic Budz]

your car is gunna love you... very much

[audiness]

ill see if i have my receipt and go return it and get 5w40. thanks for the info.

good luck finding it... i have a terrible time finding 5w.40

[chris164935]

5w30 is just fine. I was (and will continue to be) using 5w30 Castrol Syntec oil in my fully built motor with 35R turbo and have not had any oil-related issues. You will be fine.

[kluge9]

well, just got back from spraying down each bolt with PB. let that stuff soak overnight. got my boxes of parts in the trunk ready for the trip up to the shop. probably toss in the seafoam before i leave. about 30 miles one way up there. but its worth it. 15 bay shop with each and every possible tool you could need. about 4 chassis lifts and 5 or 6 other lifts (the kind where you drive directly onto the lift...good for changing oil. not so good for taking the wheels off.) all for a solid $3/hr. air force has its privileges i guess. i'll let ya'll know how it turns out.

[pinky]

good luck.. did my CAs a couple months back and i ended up having to drill one arm out on each side..

and i'm replacing the cam chain tensioner this weekend...

[kluge9]

well, a little update. got most everything accomplished. got all the control arms replaced (ended up using an air hammer on the pinch bolts...knocked right out). got the cv boots replaced. (those vag boot clamps are teh ghey. ended up getting universal clamps because i didnt have the special tool needed to cinch down the vag ones). replaced the cam chain tensioner while i was waiting for the shop guys to get back with the cv boot clamps. that was a fun little job. only thing i didnt get done was seafoaming the crap out of it and changing the oil. ill get to that in a few days. weekends over. got to go back to work tomorrow. and plus, 11 hours in the shop will make me want to have a little break from that place.