I am overseas and away from my car, hence the request for help, so I can order parts that will be ready for me when I return.
I have a noisy rear wheel bearing which I intend to fix myself. (I've done a bearings before so I know they can be a tough job)
My question is whether the rear hub...
£3 ish from main dealer.
A gentle upward twisting force is
all that's needed to remove.
Accessed from the top of the engine, a pair of long, angled nose pliers is ideal for the job.
A point on the standard (ie OEM) rods. They are sufficient for a standard car, running standard boost, at either 210 or 225 bhp.
In all my years with turbo/high performance road cars, the ONLY time I have come across engine problems like holed pistons & bent roads is when a car has been chipped...
If you are doing this job on your own, without an extra pair of hands or garage lift I'd allow at least a couple of hours to do this.
My best advice is to take the driveshaft off the car alltogether and hold it in a vice so you can tap off the outer CV joint, remove old boot/install new boot...
Has anyone got any experience of changing these, any tips or hints? I've done many a bush before so not looking for general advice, but anything specific to the S3 would be appreciated.
Thanks
Oh and so you know - the judder was through the wheel so no doubt it was brake related and not suspension. All judder was entirely eliminated by changing the discs.
thought i'd give you an update.
I changed the discs again....and within no time at all the same thing happened.
So this time I had the discs removed and machined plus changed for a different pad & voila.
So it seems the pad i had was the problem, too hard a compound perhaps. Lesson learned...
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