Power Steering Groan

[alan cordeiro]

Happy new year Kneale...
No, I did this three years ago...the hard way...

----- Original Message -----
From: "Kneale Brownson" <knotnook at traverse.com>
To: "alan cordeiro" <alancordeiro at comcast.net>; <TooManyAudis at aol.com>;
"200q20V mailing list" <200q20v at audifans.com>
Sent: Sunday, January 02, 2005 3:51 PM
Subject: Re: Power Steering Groan


> Did you use someone's (sorry, I forgot who posted it) clever solution to
> getting the banjo bolt back into the rack:  wrap some string around the
> bolt in a counter-clockwise winding so you can put a little pressure on
the
> bolt head and pull the string to start the threads.
>
> At 02:13 PM 1/2/2005 -0500, alan cordeiro wrote:
> >Tom,
> >
> >I replaced my hose with a non-OEM part, and lived with the groaning
> >for four months. Finally, I replaced it with a new OEM hose, and the
> >groaning went away like magic.
> >
> >I know, besides the cost, it was a couple of hours of sheer frustration
> >to get the banjo bolt on the steering gear side on given the total
> >inaccessibility of its location.
> >
> >Alan
>