Not a good idea to tighten the upper control arms until the suspension is compressed to its normal ride position. You’ll tear the bushings if you do. Use a spin jack under the lower control arm if you’re working on a lift or simply floor jack it if you’re on jack stands. That also alights the upper ball joints so they drop in easier.

The person or persons in R&D at Volkswagen Audi should be jailed for this idiotic design.

I usually use 1 layer of electrical tape on the bolt then grease that up bolt comes out nice and easy next time round 👍🏻

Great content. Thank you, Sir!

Made my own tool. Different than yours but it pulls the bolt out in one go. Still need to finalise the CAD drawings as I made some changes along the way. Requires a lot less effort.

Wow, that was some effort! My wife's Alfa Romeo Mito had a broken O/S/F Spring that failed the MOT [obviously]. A local friendly garage in the industrial estate changed it and re MOT'd it all for £99.48. I'm inclined to think that your customer's bill may have been significantly higher! Good video as usual without the usual american histrionics.

Hi Mel. At about the 3:03 mark, it looks like there is a Brand mark and number visible on the lower tool bracket, but can't quite make it out on video. Can you clarify? Might help in the tool search. Cheers!

Another excellent vid Mel showing why I would never buy an Audi

Hi Mel. Great video. Difficult work. I see some letters and identity markings on that special tool. But there are hard to see. Kindly if you may, share what those letters and markings are. That is great tool.

Those uppers will not last too long the way you did that job...ideally measure the centre of the wheel to the wing arch wen car in still on the ground....then when tightening the upper control arm bolts raise the hub and measure the centre to the same height as on the ground so as not to have any stress on the rubber mounts...👍

If you drop the top mount you would get enough clearance to remove the inner top joints l know that dosnt solve the sided pinch bolt but you can replace the spring

Bit of penetrating oil wouldn't go amiss

Привіт,гарний пристрій!

There's a special place in hell reserved for the "design engineer" who is responsible for unleashing this evil upon the world

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This is the most professional job that I see on Internet ... really impressed...

What spanners, do you use, or recommend that are good quality but won't break the bank. Sorry, forgot to add great video.

Don’t use copper grease/slip on aluminium it will cause problems

I wish I knew the name of this tool or a similar tool like it as showing us how to do it with said tool then not knowing what tool it is kinda defeats purpose of video… wouldn’t you think? Not hating just stating

Hi very good job who makes that tool

they can most certinly be heated and removed without breaking did one today both sides

Hello Mr what is the reference of this tool am I interested??

Painful to see!

Whats the name of the tool

Air hammer go brrt

Where can i buy it?

Drop the whole assembly. Or cut the head of the back bolts.

good afternoon to all and on the pneumatic Audi A6 /S6 sedan III 3.2 FSI quattro how to adjust the angles of the upper levers.what is the distance to throw off the pliz diagram Height for the front lever … Height for rear lever …

i have a tool that does it

Horrible, horrible job. I hate doing them as its ALWAYS a drama.