[s-cars] Badly cracked rack mount

[Daniel Hussey]

Godda**it!  I told you!  These fuc*#*$g Audi engineers need to go back to
school.

I've been bitching for years about HOW damn bad thier steering rack mounting
is!  It's just plain WRONG!!!!!  They need to take a lesson from BMW and
mount the damn thing to the frame or at least a solid area with plenty of
reinforcement.  Spot welds on thin sheet metal are inexcusable.

Sorry...  just a VERY sore subject for me.

Later,
Dan
'94 S4 (Black/ecru) ... For Sale
'95 S6 Avant (Europa blue/ecru)
Seattle, WA

----- Original Message -----
From: <MLBess at aol.com>
To: <s-car-list at audifans.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2002 5:18 PM
Subject: [s-cars] Badly cracked rack mount


> Yes, the dreaded driver's side inner fender well crack has occurred on my
'95
> S6.  I called both a dealer and Audi customer service to see if this was
> covered.  Apparently not.  The 10 year body warrantee only covers exterior
> body panels, not chassis components (which is what they consider the inner
> fender well).  Did anyone get a different story on this?
>
> Greg at Autofirme said he never saw one like this.  There are missing
pieces
> on the inner fender well where the metal just apparently dropped off after
> cracking.  The fix is  to remove the rack, remove the spot welded
stiffener
> on fender well, add a filler piece and put it all back together.  Any
> BTDT's???  I remember seeing something about Audi changing the mount
design
> on the 95.5's and later.  Comments??
>
> As it turns out, Greg's bother who runs the body shop will need to do this
> and can't get to it until the week of 7/29.  I've got two trips to Newark
> Airport ahead of me so I'll not be cranking real hard into turns until
then.
>
>
> Greg also mentioned he had had custom springs made up that drop the car
only
> about an inch, while greatly improving the handling.  Anyone on the list
in
> the NY/CT area have tried them out?
>
> Tnx,
>
> Mike Bess
> '95 S6 (with the creaky steering)
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