matt13

<center><img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/57590/ca.jpg"></center><p>I'm doing the grease fittings on the other control arms, but I'm not sure about this one. Why is the rubber there? If you remove it, the top of the ball joint looks identical to the other upper one (I checked with the old one).

Ertman

I would leave the bump stop on there

CK:1.8T+Rabbitâ„¢

and put a zerk(sic) fitting on it.

matt13

If you remove the bump stop it's identical to the other top one and you can drill/tap it and put on the grease fitting. I tested it on the old one, and it works. The problem is I can't see in Kris's pictures if he did that to this control arm. Also, I'm not sure how important the rubber there is.

pointby

I knocked mine off during the install with no issues. Just give it a whack and it'll fall off. Your mileage may vary, of course...

matt13

Yeah, removing it is easy, the problem is whether or not I should

Kris Hansen

fender... I just cut it off with a utility knife..

Kris Hansen

Further, I'm not very sure that the bumpstop is 100% needed, unless you are very low, with soft-ish springs. If you are very worried, you could always hollow the bumpstop out and put it on top of the grease fitting..

matt13

Thanks for the response. Time to arrange a meeting between that CA and a grinder ;-)

Audi Junkie

I just drilled through the side, no problems.