LR5V Posted April 21, 2018 Report Share Posted April 21, 2018 Cleaning behind my arch liners today I found the nearside arch liner was rubbed by the wheel against the footwell. even more annoying, under the liners there was patches where the wheel had rubbed down to the metal and a PO had just covered this with a new liner. I am guessing its wrecked control arm bushes, will replacement stop this form happening? -not anything more sinister At least there wasn't anything growing in there & I replaced the rusted liner bolts with Audi stainless ones - Thanks Rich for the tip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mk2 Posted April 22, 2018 Report Share Posted April 22, 2018 do you have a link to the stainless screws? all i can find are what look like regular black steel types... hopefully there was nothing else apart from some surface rust there. the tyres rubbing action must have made a noise? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted April 22, 2018 Report Share Posted April 22, 2018 previously nodded. i have mine off atm, Audi screws are ready for the refit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sausage Posted April 22, 2018 Report Share Posted April 22, 2018 Mine does it on full lock because it is lowered and has over size tyres on it (185 55 15). If yours has tyres in spec then worn bushes etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted April 22, 2018 Report Share Posted April 22, 2018 I've just replaced all my bushes up front bar the drop links themselves so I won't have this issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LR5V Posted April 22, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2018 6 hours ago, mk2 said: do you have a link to the stainless screws? all i can find are what look like regular black steel types... hopefully there was nothing else apart from some surface rust there. the tyres rubbing action must have made a noise? Screws - got a fist full from a scrap yard, soaked in Nitromors for 3 days, most of the black fell off giving: Yes -I think the recent scrapping i found on the liner was from a wheel spinning my way onto a main road, looks like its a front end re-build sooner than planned Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted April 22, 2018 Report Share Posted April 22, 2018 i have a Greggs cup full of the stainless screws from the last scrappy visit, I go to one where they take all the wheels off and stack them up. arm yourself with a t25 and you too can have 100s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mk2 Posted April 22, 2018 Report Share Posted April 22, 2018 i'll do that. so they're stainless under a black coating of some sort... ok, i get it now. never knew that still learning.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted April 22, 2018 Report Share Posted April 22, 2018 clearly you need to play with magnets more. if you bake them in the sun and then use a paint brush to remove dry mud off you can keep the black coating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mk2 Posted April 22, 2018 Report Share Posted April 22, 2018 clearly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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