[s-cars] Broken steering rack mount, SCARY! common fix?

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"Walsh, Edward" wrote:
>
> I just noticed a clicking sound emanating from the passenger wheel well area
> when I change the direction of the steering wheel of my 93 S4.  Also, the
> car seems very vague with the wheel "on center".  I can rotate the wheel ~15
> degrees in either direction before the car would respond (almost like really
> worn suspension bushings).  So I pop the hood and have my wife turn the
> wheel from side to side.  Much to my surprise, I notice that the L shaped
> bracket (painted body color) that supports the steering rack on the
> passenger side firewall and wheel well is sliding in conjunction with the
> movement of the rack!  It looks like the original weld has broken.
>
> Has this happened to anyone else?  What is the proper way to re-weld the
> plate to the proper spot?

Yes, this is a common problem in the '92-'96 UrS. Finally, by '97 m/y
Audi had gotten around to completely redesigning it. In my '97 UrS6 when
compared side by side with preceeding models we could see this mounting
point completely revised and waay overbuilt for its purpose.

As far as I know people reinforce the broken ones by welding a piece of
metal over it.

Igor Kessel