Servotronic is now disabled! WOW

[edkellock at juno.com]

'Twas on the '91 V8's as well.

On Tue, 25 Feb 2003 20:00:11 -0500 "Fred Munro" <munrof at sympatico.ca>
writes:
> Servotronic was introduced in the '92 C4 chassis cars. It is a speed
> sensitive power steering "booster" that gives you that nice Cadillac
> "one
> finger" steering effort at low speeds - or not, once you disable the
> system.
> Even at highway speeds, the Servotronic steering feels light.
> Servotronic
> was standard on all UrS cars but I think it was an option on the
> 100
> series - you can get non-Servotronic replacement racks for the 100
> series
> cars.
>
> HTH
>
> Fred Munro
> '94 S4 (dang, where DID I put that Servotronic relay?)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: quattro-admin at audifans.com
> [mailto:quattro-admin at audifans.com]On
> Behalf Of Louis-Alain Richard
> Sent: February 25, 2003 3:17 PM
> To: Rokas Reipa
> Cc: Quattro
> Subject: RE: Servotronic is now disabled! WOW
>
>
> About Servotronic, could somebody explain us, older audi drivers
> (...the
> cars, not the drivers...), what it is actually, why it is good to
> get rid of
> it, etc?
>
> LA
>
>  -----Original Message-----
> From:         quattro-admin at audifans.com
> [mailto:quattro-admin at audifans.com]  On
> Behalf Of Rokas Reipa
> Sent:        25 février, 2003 17:59
> To:        quattro at audifans.com
> Cc:        v6-12v at audifans.com
> Subject:        Servotronic is now disabled! WOW
>
> This is a multi-part message in MIME format.
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> Hey everyone. Finally got around to disabling the dreaded
> servotronic on my
> 93 100s 5sp. Got some conflicting advice on what to do, where the
> relay was
> located, etc. Looked around for the relay but could not find it.
> The
> procedure is quite simple and doesn't even require removing the
> glovebox or
> anything like that. All I did was the following: Open the glovebox
> all the
> way out, look behind it, find a small green rectangular box(it's
> resting on
> the foot vent), reach behind box, wiggle out the connector....DONE!
> WOW! The
> difference is amazing; this car feels like it should now, on the
> highway and
> otherwise. Very stable, very accurate steering.  Parking lot
> maneuvering
> requires a bit more effort but I'm young and I'm able-bodied so I
> really
> don't care. It's just wonderful; I can't imagine how great it will
> be once I
> upgrade the suspension! Everyone who said this little mod is worth
> it was
> completely right. Thanks for all your help!
> Rokas
> 93 100s
> --
>
>
>

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