ok what the hell is up with the timing belts??? and tensioners ....peeps say between 65-95k they go out. well i just bought this with 97k and show no service records on this. so how do i tell if its in need of a change or what?? are they hard..

 

Fumoazul, you could still do the trip. The biggest thing you'd need to handle though would be the CV joints. You wouldn't want to risk a drive like that if they're clacking. Get those handled before any trip because if one shears, you'll coast to the side of the road. Once they're done, then you could make the trip for control arms and coilovers. We did Jiggleo's front CAs last month and learned tricks to the job that speed it up a lot (including using mapp gas if needed to get the pinch bolts out). I have air tools and spring compressors for swapping the rear coils into the body housings. Coolant temp sensor is a side job that doesn't take long and we can likely seafoam as well. If Hiwords is available to be there, and you a bribe him with a hooker, he'd probably bring his vagcom over for some feature recoding.

9a49, if you haven't seen proof that the t-belt has been done, that's where you need to spend the next few hundred bucks you make. At this point you're looking at failure pretty soon. Doing the job isn't for a novice but if you have some mechanical experience and aptitude, as well as some decent tools (which include torx bits), you can do it in less than a day - of all the t-belts I've done on various cars, the Audi has been by far the easiest.

 

Fumo, send a PM to Jiggleo and see which CA kit he bought - it was comprehensive and good/solid parts, and I don't believe it was terribly expensive.

 

so its not a good idea to drive on clacking cv's? mine been clacking for like 6 months... and i drive everyday and hour each day to work... whats the worst that could happen? and how long do u think it would take to get those installed by a mechanic?

 

You're definitely playing with fire. They're clacking because the grease is gone and they're uncushioned. The splines are wearing against each other and taking damage. Sooner or later they're going to give out, and when they do you'll lose power to the wheels (all of them). At that point you'll coast to a stop and will need to be towed.

The CVs can be replaced on the car so i'd think an hour's labor per side or thereabouts should be a reasonable guess.

 

damn... so im lookin at 400 bucks just for that sh*t alone... i love my car but its a pita... with my paycheck this friday im deff going to buy those cv kits u gave me the link to... i dont like playing with fire lol... but after i get that done i will deff think about takin the drive...

im still waitin on Jiggleo to answer my pm about where he bought his ca kit... im guessin the one from ebay isnt even worth ur opinion lol goddamn feebay

 

i just got his jiggleo pm... he bought the one i was talkin about... he says its not a bad kit... for the price u cant beat it...

do u kno any other website that sells the cv kit for less then 100? lol i kno i kno now im askin for to much lol... im just tryin to save a few bucks

thanks man

 

that same company that jiggleo bought his ca kit from sells cv kits too... take a look http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Audi-...Q5fAccessories

 

I just now took a look at the eBay kit - that's a legit set. FCP Groton kits have been well-received on here by several people and will be the kit I end up with as well. Judging by that, I'd probably feel pretty safe with the CV kits too. It looks like their CV kit is pretty complete but you may want to buy a tub of CV grease to be sure you have enough (if you DIY the job which really isn't hard). If you do, pack the hell out of the joints and fill the boots to be sure the joints are fully covered.

 

Hey guys, don't mean to jack this thread but I have a similar situation as fumoazul99.

My front driver outer CV and rear right bearing are toast.

I've also been hunting around for parts so I can fix them this week... That being said, this ebay seller, foreigncarpartsonline or FCP Groton, is he reliable???

Reason why I'm asking is because this forum has taught me to be a stickler with ebay, lol... I know ebay is a big no-no for our cars but ImTheDevil just said that they're legit on the CVs, would this apply to their bearings as well??? Seeing how they are pretty much half the cost of Blau, I wouldn't mind saving money, but not at the expense of quality/safety. Can anyone throw their 2-cents on these parts from this seller???