[s-cars] Steering Damper gone?

[Matthew Russell]

Tim-
IIRC, (... but it's late...) if the damper goes smoothly through it's  
travel and doesn't seem to vary in the degree of resistance, than it's  
good.

Or give Scott a call at SJM autotechnik and ask him about the Fox  
damper for the urs cars. He knows which one. It's
cheap enough to replace and only 2 bolts. (25-35 bucks)

I think there's a PDF file on (maybe) s cars dot org?

HTH,

Matt, CO
95.5 s6A

Mmmmmm...iPhone



> Date: Sat, 19 Dec 2009 22:40:16 +0000
> From: "Wylie Bean" <theringmeister at triad.rr.com>
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> I had mine replaced when I did some other replacing of worn parts.   
> Didn't check the old one, but it had the same oily residue and  
> associated road grime on it.  I think I remember some folks on the  
> AW urS4 forums mentioning using one from another vehicle, possibly a  
> VW Fox or something, that fits and runs about half the price of the  
> "correct" part.  You might search and find out.
>
> Wylie Bean
> TheRingmeister at triad.rr.com
> 90 cq
> 91 90q20v
> 92 UrS4
> 08 Q7 3.6
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: tr0910 <tr0910 at gmail.com>
> Date: Sat, 19 Dec 2009 15:07:56
> To: s-car-list List<s-car-list at audifans.com>
> Subject: [s-cars] Steering Damper gone?
>
> I am replacing some suspension parts, and noticed some oily gunk on  
> the
> steering damper.  It could either be a damper leak, or residue from a
> previous steering hose leak.  Replacement part is about $100 from
> GermanAutoParts.
>
> I pulled one end of the steering damper free, and it feels like a  
> normal
> shock absorber with no play, just a little easier to extend than to  
> compress
> (opposite from a normal shock).  Has anyone replaced this part.   
> What is it
> supposed to feel like.
>
> I am suspecting that this is just residue from a hose leak, not a  
> leak with
> the damper.
>
> Tim
> 93 S4 200K