hello everyone, how hard and how long does it take to replace all of my control arms and tie rods? the dealer said the recall doesnt cover my year. 2001 1.8tq thanks

 

not sure how much work is involved but ecstuning has a kit that includes everything, 8 contol arms, heavy-duty tie rod ends, bushings and hardware for 600 bucks

 

It should take around 5 hours to change them all out. It's not really that hard to change them.

 

if you plan to do it yourself, there are things you need to know. Like, you need to tighten specific bolts to specific torque while there is pressure on them (aka the car is off the lift and resting on the arms)...
This thread is awesome - Daft knows his stuff.
http://www.audizine.com/forum/showth...&threadid=4511

Its an easy job to do it the wrong way, and very involved to do it the exact way... If you get the job reasonably in between that you will be ok.

 

Damn, I still have to call audi about my Control arm recall.

 

thanks for your replies hmm seems kind of hard. about knowing how hard and how much to tighten it. I might just take it to the shop. thanks though

 

What type of A4 have the recall for the control arms?

 

What type of A4 have the recall for the control arms?

 

call the dealership and give em your vin

 

Yeah just call the dealership.