exhaust bolt and spring mia

**coders11** · 08-20-2008 05:25 PM

About a week ago i started hearing a metallic rattle from under the car during acceleration and whenever i would hit a bump. Finally got the car on a lift and the bolt and spring the hold the piping to the bracket have magically disappeared so my DP is just sitting next to the bracket and rubbing all day long

. anyone know where I could pick up the OEM parts or am i going to have to head to the hardware store?

I guess I should mention its an 01 a4QM

**iin10ded** · 08-20-2008 07:34 PM

yup i lost one too. the part at audi were like $100 [yes really]. so hardware store it was. get a long bolt, big spring and a nut. this way you can use the extra nut to double nut the bolt to the nut welded onto the exhaust. mine's held tight for a few thousand..

**20vpower** · 08-20-2008 11:28 PM

My spring is lost but the bolt size is M8X50. Now it sqeaks like hell, what spring did you use?

**01audia4** · 08-20-2008 11:39 PM

Hmmmmm my whole peice broke..Im not running one i need to put one on.(i need the whole bracket though :( big problems for me--

**biketsai** · 08-21-2008 12:06 AM

so THATS what causes the rattle?

hahahaha, i feel like an idiot, i guess i better put mine back in.

**iin10ded** · 08-21-2008 09:17 AM

i just measured the gap, got a spring about an inch longer, long bolt, couple stainless washers.. and an extra nut.

there's a bracket down there [trans side or exhaust side, i forget which] that has a captive nut in the bracket. i just pieced it together, and used a second nut to lock the bolt so it can't back out.