Steering wheel grinding

[Kurt Deschler]

Ususally the grinding is because the steering column is not seated far
enough into the knuckle at the bottom. Another symptom is the signal
cancel not working. You should feel little front to back play when you
push and pull on the column. The column has a spring on it that pushes it
toward the driver, probably to eliminate front-back play. You have to push
in the column then put the knuckle on as far as it will go and secure it.

	Kurt
	87 5kcstq
	00 s4
	88 vw gti 16v

> Message: 7
> Date: Sat, 27 Mar 2004 04:36:54 +0000
> From: illuminaudi at comcast.net
> Subject: Steering wheel grinding
> To: quattro at audifans.com
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>
> Hi all, I got my car ('86 5kcstq) back from the shop and the steering
> wheel was making that grinding sound. I moved the steering column
> console towards the steering wheel, which made the noise go away, but
> now there is a gap between the bottom of the console and the dashboard.
>
> Does anyone know if this increase in distance is due to a failure to
> replace the steering wheel bushing?  Bentley says that this should
> always be replaced, but I wouldn't put it past a garage to try and reuse
> one.  This is the first time I've used this shop and I'm not sure if I'm
> going back.  There seem to be a lot of little noises cropping up that I
> associate with sloppiness and/or "let's get him back in to solve
> these..."
>
> TIA,
>
> Matt
>
> '86 5kcstq