[urq] Old vs. New A-Arm bushings?

[Patrick Carlier]

To my surprise , and altough they're listed as nla
in etka , I picked up 4 old style A arm bushings today .
New at the dealer .

Price was nothing to laugh about , but at least they
seem to be available  .

Pat




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Todd Phenneger" <tquattroguy at yahoo.com>
To: <urq at audifans.com>; "fdekat" <fdekat at sentex.net>
Sent: Monday, October 27, 2008 6:56 PM
Subject: Re: [urq] Old vs. New A-Arm bushings?


> Old and NEw are not the same.  Older 1-piece stamped arms from the 83' 
> urq's are slightly smaller.  I'd be VERY Suprised if someone managed to 
> press metal sleeve bushings into one of those arms.  My understanding is 
> that they will not work, you need the older rubber ones.
>
> I would just press them out and compare them.  Then take them into a 
> machine shop and have them turn down 1/2 of your delrin busings to match. 
> Its only a difference of a few "mm" if I recall correctly.
>
> TOdd
>
>
> --- On Fri, 10/24/08, fdekat <fdekat at sentex.net> wrote:
>
>> From: fdekat <fdekat at sentex.net>
>> Subject: [urq] Old vs. New A-Arm bushings?
>> To: urq at audifans.com
>> Date: Friday, October 24, 2008, 8:54 AM
>> Hell All:
>>
>> I'm wondering if the A arm bushings of the
>> 'older' style (one piece?) a arms
>> are the same as the newer style  of A arm? (
>>
>> (The two part a arm (welded together), same as later 4kq)
>>
>> Just looking at them, they both *seem* to have the same
>> metal enclased
>> bushing that presses in from the 'outer' end of the
>> a arm.
>>
>> I'm wondering, because I have a set of delrin bushings
>> for the 'new' style
>> arms, and I'm wondering if they'll fit into the
>> older style arms.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> =Frank=
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