How to change Front Control Arms on Audi A6 Quattro

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You will need a breaker bar with 17mm or 5/8 hex to loosen the axle bolt. Extension might be needed as the axle bolt is extremely tight.
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The wheel should be on the ground when loosening the axle bolt.
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Next remove the wheel and jack up the car. You will need a jack stand as you will need the jack later to lift up the suspension with the car supported by the jack stand.
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Wheels removed. Let the fun begin... First, You will need to have the break calipers/ rotors removed (check my ehow article on those if not sure)
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With the caliper, and rotor removed.
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In order to remove the wheel bearing housing, the upper control arm heads must be removed. Start by removing the pinch bolt, which is notorious for getting stuck. I sprayed some penetrating oil and mine came out without a problem.
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Removing the upper control arms will require penetrating oil, and pickle fork to hammer it out. In my case, I had recently replaced it so it came out with a tap from my mallet.
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Remove the Tie rod end and the upper part of the wheel bearing housing is free.(See my ehow article on tie rod change for more specific)
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Moving over to the Front lower control arm (front). Remove the Sway bar link.
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Remove the lower shock bolt.
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Next remove the bushing of lower arms. You will need a 18mm wrench to fit into the tight space on one side.
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Use an extension on the drive ratchet to break the bolt open as it will be on pretty tight.
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Next remove the bolt on the rear arm. I again used an extension to break it open.
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Closer look. Removing the bolt may require a bit of improvising to avoid the brake/fuel lines. If you have a new replacement bolt like I did, try to pull and hammer slowly to get it out, being careful to avoid the line.
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Now that the bolts are removed from both lower arms. Finish removing the axle bolt that was loosened at the beginning.
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Before completely removing the bolt, give it a soft tap to move the axle out of the wheel bearing.
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Now the wheel bearing housing is free. Admire. The worst is over :) almost.
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Using the pickle fork and a hammer, remove the rear arm. It took only 3 good stress releasing blows to get the joint down.
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You will need this tool to remove the front arm. I tried to remove it with the fork with over 30 blows it didn't even budge. Using this tool, its only a matter of minutes, as you turn, there will be a loud clank once the part is loose.
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Install the arm bushing end. Do not torque to specifics yet, only hand tight. You are supposed to torque it once the car is on the ground. I instead did it using the jack on the rear control arm head to get the suspension compressed.
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Install the front head to the wheel bearing housing tightening the bolt then slip in the axle into position but not inserting just yet. This allows you to stretch out a bit further to install the rear arm.
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Reinstall sway bar link, slip in the upper control arm heads and tie rod end head back into place along with everything else in reverse,and you are finished.