95 A6q Voltage Regulator Adventures and question.

[NIck Miller]

There are readily availiable VRs for 30 bucks on ebay for the V8 and 5k last
I checked.  You may try to get that and see if it works,  and it could also
be a good donor if you can't find brushes at all.  Also,  thought about
swapping alternator sizes at all?  Maybe check your local JY as well.  Just
thoughts on the matter.
On May 2, 2011 4:28 PM, "David Michael" <adavidmichael at gmail.com> wrote:
> Ironically - I recently did the almost opposite. I used some genuine Audi
> alternator brushes I bought many years ago, but never used, to fix my
cheap
> Harbor Freight electric impact wrench. Almost no HW stores carry brushes
> anymore....
>
> In any case, if they are still available, the Bosch/Audi part
> makes replacement much easier because they have a solid wire soldered to
the
> end of the flex wire. That solid wire makes pulling the lead through the
> frame of the VR easy.
>
> Try a search on "Bosch Alternator Brush Set: in ebay.....
>
> Dave
> 1990 200QA 235K
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: Robert Myers <bob at chips-ur-s.com>
>>
>> Tom, failing all else, you can get a set of oversized brushes and sand
them
>> to size to fit your A6. Just lay a piece of sandpaper on a flat surface
>> (workbench, kitchen table, whatever) and hold the oversized brush against
>> the surface of the paper and have at it using a bit of elbow grease. The
>> graphite is pretty soft and it will wear away petty quickly.
>>
>> Bob
>>
>>
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