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Afternoon everyone,
I first noticed the gaps between the bushings and hard parts shown in the pictures when swapping wheels and tires. Then at Frenzy I took a look at the rear bushings on another 88 S4. Though neither my car nor the other 88 have as much gap when sitting wheels down, there is a bit of gap. So I walked away thinking maybe it's normal. Yesterday I put the car up on stands for MM and OPG job. Couldn't help looking at the gaps with the wheels off the car and got me thinking these gaps look wrong.
The rubber all looks good. No cracking. Could/should the nuts be turned to close the gaps?
A pic I found here - from one of Bill Ball threads if I remember well.
Thanks Bill.
What a wonderful forum this is! I was wondering about the placements of the rings this afternoon because I am missing one. Must have been lost during disassembly and subsequent replating. Thanks for the picture. This one is going into my personal WSM supplement.
A pic I found here - from one of Bill Ball threads if I remember well.
Thanks Bill.
I could not find the flat disc that sits next to the shock absorber in the picture on the PET drawing. One of them was damaged too much when I had to cut the pin to get the shock out. I want to buy a new one but I couldn't find it in the picture. Does anyone know the part#? The funny thing is, the end flat discs have different numbers in the picture. One of them is #24 (2 required), the other is #26 (4 required). From this, I suspect that #24 is the one that goes in the middel and #26 sits on the outside. The drawing is not correct on this point because it shows#26 only one time (should be 2 for one side).
11-24-2014, 05:12 PM
Suspension bushings: Are these gaps normal?
