On Fri, 24 Jun 2005 13:55:22 +0200, "Jone Tytlandsvik"
> wrote:

>Jay Somerset wrote:
>> Control arms -- upper and lower, but the lower ones seem to make more
>> noise when the bushings get worn.
>
>Does the facelift (02') version A6 suffer from this problem as well?
>And when they replace these arms on an A4 or A6, is it fixed for good or
>will it get back when the new arms got worn? I mean where they able to
>improve these parts quality and durability or are they replaced with parts
>of equal (bad) quality?

I had a track rod end replaced 2 years ago. It had worn out within a
year and only 4000 miles. The next one is still OK.

Mark.