[s-cars] 80% sunroof reversal

[Mark Strangways]

With all this talk of sunroofs...

Someone once mentioned that they where gonna send me some old / broken 
sunroof arms that I could have my friend and his CNC machine make for us.

Let me know if you know / or are who was gonna send them up to me.

Mark
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Varon H. Fugman" <vfugman at globaldialog.com>
To: "Scar" <s-car-list at audifans.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2005 10:02 PM
Subject: [s-cars] 80% sunroof reversal


> With spring on it's way, I'm going to have to start thinking about the 80%
> sunroof reversal problem when closing again!
>
> It does not seem to be a dirty potentiometer problem--had that problem 
> (the
> random opening sunroof) and fixed it.
>
> Seens like it senses the extra load when it "grabs" the sunshade while
> closing and "thinks" something has jammed it (or someone has stuck their
> fingers in there!) and it reverses and opens again.
>
> The 80% reversal only happens when the sunshade is fully retracted (by
> opening the roof all the way), and only happens when closing the roof with
> the control.
>
> When closing the roof with the key in the door lock, the 80% reversal 
> never
> happens, leading me to believe the "finger sensor" circuit is overridden 
> by
> the "close all windows" signal.  Besides, if you are turning the key in 
> the
> door lock, you certainly don't have your hand stuck through the roof
> opening, right? :-)
>
> Is there a sensitivity adjustment for the auto-reverse mechanism?  My 
> garage
> door opener has such an adjustment!
>
> If my roof is requiring more force than normal to close, there may be no
> margin left for the additional load of the interior sunshade.  Is there a
> maintenance procuedure for cleaning/lubricating the sunroom mechanism in
> general?
>
> Varon
> 95 S6
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