Thread: What did you do to your car today? Vol 2.0

Originally Posted by Booba5185

That's a lot of grinding, lol.

This


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Pop the balljoint loose, take the strut bolts off and get the knuckle on the bench? That's what I'd do.

Me too would be so much quicker then trying to grind through the hub.. Or if you can get one cheap grab another knuckle from the yard if worse comes to worse.. And put some anti seize on those bolts.


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What bearings did you get to.. Hope you didn't go cheap.


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I think he's flipping the car.

That explains it.. The cheaper the better lol.


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Originally Posted by Booba5185

Pop the balljoint loose, take the strut bolts off and get the knuckle on the bench? That's what I'd do.

Just what I was thinking.

Once on the bench pound a SAE socket onto the bolt heads to get them free.

You could also get a set of bolt outs to try that route, but they may not fit right.

I've put 100 miles on my car in a day and a half.

Originally Posted by theaceofspades

I've put 100 miles on my car in a day and a half.

I don't think I've put 100 miles on mine in the last 2 weeks. LOL

Originally Posted by stealthee

I don't think I've put 100 miles on mine in the last 2 weeks. LOL

Lol must be nice cause you don't have to put gas in it either lol

Originally Posted by theaceofspades

Lol must be nice cause you don't have to put gas in it either lol

Exactly.

Or get the bolt extractors that have reverse flutes in them to grab and remove the bolts. FWIW a 1/2" fits better on those than a 13mm. And.. 1/2" is a smidge smaller.

Today was make the Audi legal day. Went to the RMV about 30 min before they opened and there were only a few folks. Poof, I'm maybe the 6th person helped. Pay a gazillion (Audi ) and I'm off to inspection. Guy is about to pull a car in to work on and takes mine instead. Damn...that's service.

He pops his head in with an odd look and asks me to step out to the bay. (hmmm) Says he has to fail it because there's a missing seat belt piece. Oddest thing he's ever seen. But check this out, pull the belt and you can hear something up in the retracting part that sure sounds like the piece. (the part on the belt itself that hooks into the buckle). Shines his light in there.. you can see it too. It's behind a plastic piece and neither of us know how it comes apart. I laugh and say, I'll be back soon as I get it figured out.



Get home, search... search... no one has done speakers? No one ever took this apart? If this was a GP, ... there's pics of everything. Plus..I'd have fixed it in their parking lot.

It's right up in there


A good friend hooked me up with manuals online.
You take this off at the back of the headliner


Then you pop the rear seat and side piece below the trim


Next up is the C or D pillar, starting by removing this screw


Then it kinda pops. It's plastic welded to the other pieces around it as well. Pop a couple of those free. Undo the safety for it, because it has an airbag behind it and it can't become a projectile


Here you are..it's off


See that screw.. yeah, it holds the next two pieces in place. That one around the window is the money one that needs to move.

Next up..the rear deck has to slide forward. OMG, I can reach the piece I need. Wiggle a hand in, move that piece and ... reassembly time.

It's no wonder these cars never have a rattle. They used screws, awesome metal clips and things are over engineered. Aka meant to last the test of time w/o noises and issues.

Here you go. You passed

Originally Posted by BillBoost37

...Pay a gazillion (Audi )....If this was a GP, ... there's pics of everything. Plus..I'd have fixed it in their parking lot.

...things are over engineered.

I know I know, I had to though.

Boobs..there's a reason why creaks and groans are part of W bodies. The Germans didn't want that and well... there's a few different steps.

On those clips. Oh yeah, Zee Germans seem to want you to have all possible parts on hand ahead of time.

I know I know, there's benefits, but I had to poke some fun.

Should of kept the Regal


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