Just removed my Servotronic relay....

[Andrew Duane USG]

Hairy green toads from Mars made Brett Dikeman say:

> On Tue, 20 Mar 2001, Sean Ford wrote:
> > The damn thing wouldn't center correctly after a 90 degree corner (say,
> > turning onto a side street from a secondary road) to the point that I
> > had manually center the steering.
> 
> This indicates, at least in type 44's, that the adjustment screw on the
> rack is too loose.  No idea about the servotronic cars.
> 
> I think the screw is called a tension, or 'rack preload' adjustment?  Too
> loose, and the steering won't return.  It's quite possible I have it
> backwards; the Bently covers this.

Actualy, Brett, it is the other way around. If it's too tight the
steering won't recenter. And it gets looser as cars age. By 100K
miles, pretty much all cars need an adjustment.

Look where the steering column somes through the firewall. Right there
is a small box about the size of a pack of cigarettes on edge. On the
top face is a single hex bolt head, maybe 10mm??? Tighten it in
increments of 1/8 turn ONLY, and test drive after each tightening.
One or two 1/8 turns is plenty.

Did this on both my old Audis (the '89 100Q and the '90 90Q20V).
A single 1/8 turn made a world of difference.

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