My B6 White Avant Build Thread - 3.0 Quattro

[ronnie court]

Pleased to report after fitting all the new belts, rollers and tensioners its been running great

something else i read on a thread the other day is vibrations under hard acceleration being down to front driveshafts, its fine normal driving or at speed, but when you stick all 300nm of torque down you get the vibration. so gave mine a quick check and the inner CVs have got a bit of play and the outer boot had started to leak so thought id stick a shaft on it and see.

so out it comes





mega torque



and in



everything else looking very grubby in there now

but a definite improvement on the vibration so will get another one ordered for the drivers side.

the other thing ive noticed as the weathers got colder is cranking is getting slower and slower and had a few near misses, so before i get stranded somewhere i thought I'd get a new one. its got a mercedes benz battery that came with it so I've no idea on the age or history

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and a nice new one turned up today



As iys been so good i treated it to a was as its been quite a while (months) looking grey







it even survived the journey home clean

[ronnie court]

right, got another driveshaft for the drivers side to combat the vibration on acceleration as pretty sure my inner cvs are the problem, looks suspicious



pretty grotty



all cleaned



new one out of the box



then spent the next hour trying to fit the bloody thing. i got the old one out just by releasing the rear lower ball joint but the new one wouldnt quite go in, so spent ages trying to get the front lowet out to swing it right out, i just thought the new shaft was a bit stiffer. still couldnt get it in, now on the above pic the difference is obvious, but sitting down the unit it wasn't!

the new one is a darn sight longer!
:doh: :doh:



phoned them up and they have listed that mine should have two same size shafts, and what they sent me was the same part number as the passenger side i had the other week, which did fit the passenger side. but the drivers side is certainly an inch shorter.

had a measure up while they were on the phone and they're sending the correct size straight out. but this did mean i had to put it all back together with the old shaft for now

at least i know everything is free when the new shaft comes

[james z3q]

Looking good mate how much were your shafts if you dont mind me asking

[ronnie court]

£50 delivered from here

http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item...082458&alt=web

i got a pair for my wifes 307 a year ago as the 2year warrenty covers the CV boots too so thought they'd be worth a try and they've been spot on.

[james z3q]

Spot on them at that price if they last ok its more or less cheaper and easier than frigging on replacein boots imo

[Alex jb]

That's a good price.
Hope the next one is the right one!


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[ronnie court]

got the new shaft end of last week so set about getting it on today




much better.

and on





also last week got this pop up



low pads. so popped to tps yesterday



pleased with the wear. nice and even, no cracking or crumbling



and on



gave them a quick lick of hammetite while i was there

[Alex jb]

Tidy


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[fridge48]

Great job. Nice in white too.
I've a black 3.0L Quattro (2001) which needs a new front subframe.
Struggling to work out which one I need.
Been told it's part number is 8e0399313BD but this seems incorrect, or generic, as it throws up A4 B7s also.
Any advice?