On the road again...

[mavada]

Yes, but ive heard horror stories it can break the split and have to buy a whole new hub assembly $.$$$

[Mɐʇʇ]

There is some technique. Don't just wind the splitter up mega tight. Wind it up tight and then hit the it with a hammer. The shock gets the balljoint out.
Sometimes you wind it up tight, hit it, wind it a bit again (a quarter turn mebbe), hit it a couple of times again, wind it again and so forth.

[mavada]

Ah sorry, i thought that device makes the split wider...
But it press out the upper control arm connection.

[mavada]

To the users present or in the past of the yellow koni shocks, which setting/amount of turns from soft front and rear did you use and whats the ride like according to those settings?

[Mɐʇʇ]

I’m on the softer “new” settings noted here : https://www.rs6.com/showthread.php/2394 ... post230392

On the harder settings, I just found the ride too hard for our roads. I can’t remember what perch I put it on though.
If saloon, I’d prob go bottom, if avant I’d prob go mid. The difference is pretty small anyway.

[mavada]

Hi Mɐʇʇ,

Thanks.
I dont know the weight difference at the back between saloon and avant.
And i dont know the ride with a working DRC system.
I like a more firm ride rather then too soft.
I thought about front and rear both set to the mid and set the rears to lowest perch groove.
The fronts appear to have total 2.5 turns from soft, the rears 1.25 turns.

Do you have a pic showing the stance of yours?

[chunky79]

Mav, have you got standard ARBs still? I'd recommend uprated ARBs if you're changing your suspension, they make a big difference to the handling.

[Mɐʇʇ]

Hi Mɐʇʇ,

Thanks.
I dont know the weight difference at the back between saloon and avant.
And i dont know the ride with a working DRC system.
I like a more firm ride rather then too soft.
I thought about front and rear both set to the mid and set the rears to lowest perch groove.
The fronts appear to have total 2.5 turns from soft, the rears 1.25 turns.

Do you have a pic showing the stance of yours?

I can assure you it’s not a soft ride. It was just too hard before, you don’t want the tyres skipping across the road surface, nor too many teeth falling out. I would say follow the guidance of the RS6.com guys, they’ve tried the variants.
I started thinking “I want it hard”, but ended up going back to their later recommendations slightly softer.

And chunky makes a good point, I put Hotchkis roll bars on too. Certainly that’s something you can do later though

[IchBautAuto]

Maybe I'm the only one but this thread is getting confusing. mavada is getting some differing advice on how to remove the front dampers, compounded by corrosion and seized components, interrupted by other issues like shock and rebound settings etc. As a professional engineer, mechanic and mechanist at stages of my working life I shudder at the thought that this is all happening to the front suspension of a near on 200 mph super car. What are we all thinking?

I mentioned some time ago that both my RS cars had been stuffed about in their earlier lives by well meaning but technically challanged owners whereas my bog standard allroad was mechanically perfect because the owners just took it to a factory trained mechanic and they just drove it. I'm reading this and just stunned that it will be on record for the rest of eternity.

I would say that it is time for mavada to either get a factory manual or just one of the fully detailed how to's on the net and get on with it without asking the collective "us" how to do a particular thing. "We" seem to have a number of differernt solutions that all may work but not necessarily for mavada and his specific situation. It is elementry nuts and bolts and if any of it causes confusion then one should ask, should I be doing this when I don't grasp the basics?:

[chunky79]

Up to Mav if he tries what is recommended, he has come here asking for advise and has been given it.
That's what forums are for, if folk didn't want to try stuff they wouldn't ask. Chill out and don't jinx it, we don't want Mav to die, he posts some superb pictures.

[Mɐʇʇ]

@Mav.
Here are the 2 different DIY guides:
Top : viewtopic.php?name=PNphpBB2&file=viewtopic&t=81926 (The Shopp way)
Bottom : https://www.audiworld.com/tech/wheel49.shtml (The Kris Way)

The only deviation from the bottom method that I made compared to that DIY was I didn't use the jack to load the suspension - I put the car on ramps all round so that weight distribution was all spot on on the wheels before tightening all the suspension bolts to spec.

I take it as read you've also got the factory manual I provided (it's in the DIY) downloaded and installed as a reference as well.

I won't bother posting on this thread again since it's obviously annoying people.

[mavada]

[chunky79]

I won't bother posting on this thread again since it's obviously annoying people.

If you have advise, share it! I don't think I've seen anything posted that will harm Mav, the info has been good.
This site has always had some talented and helpful posters, keep it up.

[mavada]

It appears both upper control arms are shot.
So ill have to order new ones.
And advice as to which brand to go for?
Febi, Meyle, TRW, Moog, Metzger , ABS, Vaico.

Am i right LEMFÖRDER=OEM?

[chunky79]

I put Meyle HD on when I changed mine, pretty sure febi- bilstein are good as well.