Two questions (suspension & brakes)

[arorem]

I have a 99 a4 1.8t quattro of course. I took it to the shop to have a alignment done on it ans they told me the upper passenger side ball joint is shot, so working at a shop myself i told them i will just replace them on my own, and then have them align it. I was wondering if anyone knows of anywhere to get a set of ball joints for it, (I have checked techtonicstuning, germanauto parts, and awe tuning). And maybe give my some insight on how hard of a job it might be.


Second, sometimes when im driveng the car will flash the brake light at me and beep three times and go off. I remember hearing something about it being something with the brake pads getting low, but i just wanted to make sure its not anything with the abs like a speed sensor or a tone ring or anything like that. I took a peek at the rear pads through the rim and the pads are getting a little low and the rotors have a bit of a lip on them. So it would make sense to me that it has something to do with the pad life.

Thanks a bunch guys.

[ic3wall]

there are no pad sensor on the rear breaks so in my opinion your lights have nothing to do with the pads.

It sounds like your abs module has a problem..if you're lucky, its a bad wheel sensor or tone ring.

Good luck

[audiness]

the ball joint is actually the upper control arm, which is a common failure on the A4

[Squarrl]

you have to get whole new arms. might as well do them all.

[arorem]

thats what i was thinking. Im just going to replace the uppers, since the lowers are still ok and they are $250 something a piece.

[onemoremile]

The beeps are low brake fluid.

[Squarrl]

thats what i was thinking. Im just going to replace the uppers, since the lowers are still ok and they are $250 something a piece.

where are you getting those the dealer