1983 Audi quattro-Strut Housings

Finally got a little of the white stuff flying, but we’re still way behind. This was part of about 30” that came down over two days last week. Still way behind for the year, though. Still not ready to switch from the ‘rock skis’ yet as it is still pretty thin in spots.

And then I made for a little garage time too. I needed to disassemble the uprights as they are sold and I wanted the hubs.

So I had a pile of assemblies to start.

The axle nuts required some heat to be persuaded by my wimpy li’l Husky impact gun. The axles just slide right out with the nut removed.

Then I needed to remove the strut inserts from the uprights. Throw them in the vice.

And I usually use a pipe wrench to take the caps off. Some slight marring, but nothing major if you’re careful.

Then I needed to press the hub from the bearing/housing. Part of my Harbor Freight collection of rarely used and subsequently fairly long lasting tools.

Here are the urq hubs, fronts on the left; rears on the right.

And next to a machined urs hub. Notice the different spline count—urS on the left; urQ on the right.

On Friday, I was just checking the inventory of the local yards, and found the PnP had an 80 and a 90 just in. I stopped in Saturday afternoon with some tools.

Nice day at the yard…Sunny and about 40F. And no painfully stubborn bolts. Just a bit slow due to the slightly less than half turn dance with the strut socket and hex key while sideways in the trunk.

These two bolts were cake.

I was able to get a set of the 2 pc rear uprights from the 80. These will be used for the DIY coilovers/2 pc conversion.

I now have most of the pieces for the suspension together; still after a rear set of bearing housings/knuckles.

Q: Anyone have some good suggestions on springs and dampers for a 4-500whp street/track setup?