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Hairy green toads from Mars made Joan Kotjarapoglus say: > I have a 87 5000cs quattro and have told by my mechanic that there is some > play in the one bushing. Sure enought, I am begining to have the rear > tire tire show some out of alingement wear. Since the car has 166k and is > still in great condition, I will attend to this problem shortly. My > thought is to attend to all other bushing which commonly go bad at this > vintage while we are down there. It seems like there are 3 bushing on the > arm. There also seem to be a couple more at the ball joint for the > transverse link. I am getting a sweeking sound from the rear. I am > interested in any words of wisdom. Is there anyone who sells a complete > rear setup with new bushing installed with a core charge. George K. At that age, if they're still the original rubber, replace them ALL. I did my '89 100Q at about 80-100K, and it suddenly felt like new again. Somewhere in the archives, I posted a complete parts list for my car. -- Andrew L. Duane (JOT-7) duane@zk3.dec.com Digital Equipment Corporation (603)-884-1294 110 Spit Brook Road M/S ZKO3-3/U14 Nashua, NH 03062-2698 Only my cat shares my opinions, and she's too psychotic to express it
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