[V6-12v] RE: Broken steering rack to body mount (was strange popping noise in steering)

[Craig D. Niederst]

Ben,
The noise I was hearing was more of a metal on metal rubbing than a clunk. I
would suspect that your issue is with a strut bearing (or something else in
the suspension), not with a cracked steering mount rack. BTW, I have been
getting a clunk in my '92 100S also, but it is coming from the passenger
side (the cracked mount was on the driver side). I had my strut bearings
replaced at ~75k when I had my Bilsteins installed, so I hope that is not
the problem already.

Craig
'92 100S (100k)
'86 CGT (218k)

----- Original Message -----
From: "Benjamin Kwan" <bkwan at lynx.dac.neu.edu>
To: "Fred Munro" <munrof at sympatico.ca>
Cc: "Craig D. Niederst" <niederst at pghmail.com>; "Quattro List"
<quattro at audifans.com>; <V6-12v at audifans.com>
Sent: Saturday, November 09, 2002 12:32 AM
Subject: Re: [V6-12v] RE: Broken steering rack to body mount (was strange
popping noise in steering)


> Sorry for the late reply.
>
> I have a clunking noise in my 92 100CSq when I turn the wheel.  Local
> alignment shop says it's a strut bearing but I haven't replaced it yet.
> Could it also be this steering rack that you guys are talking about?
>
> Ben
>
> 85 4000S
> 92 100CSq
> 94 90S
> 01 A4 1.8Tq
>
> On Thu, 7 Nov 2002, Fred Munro wrote:
>
> > Hi Craig;
> >
> > Yes, this happens to the UrS cars (same C4 chassis as your '92).
> >
> > No, the weld will not hold.
> >
> > The fix is to make up a heavier reinforcing plate using the OEM plate
for a
> > pattern and install it. The fix was developed by Ron Einblau and is
posted
> > on www.s-cars.org/urs4s6/faq/faq.html
> >
> > HTH
> >
> > Fred Munro
> > '94 S4
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: quattro-admin at audifans.com [mailto:quattro-admin at audifans.com]On
> > Behalf Of Craig D. Niederst
> > Sent: November 6, 2002 9:30 PM
> > To: Quattro List
> > Cc: V6-12v at audifans.com
> > Subject: Broken steering rack to body mount (was strange popping noise
> > in steering)
> >
> >
> > This is a multi-part message in MIME format.
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> > [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ]
> > Got my '92 100S back from the mechanic today. The popping noise in the
> > steering turned out to be a cracked body mount for the driver side of
the
> > steering rack. They had to weld the piece of sheetmetal back into place.
The
> > car has never been in an accident (at least while I have had it, and my
> > mechanic did not see any evidence of other damage in the area), so why
this
> > occurred is a mystery to me. My mechanic works on a lot of Audis, and he
> > said he has never seen this before. Has anyone else had this happen to
their
> > Audi? I just hope the weld holds...
> >
> > Craig
> > '92 100S (100k)
> > '86 CGT (218k)
> >
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