[s-cars] The S6 rack replacement from hell continues

[L DC]

It sounds like the steering column is getting caught on something, preventing upward movement??

If is designed somewhat as in the 4KQ/VW QSW, the steering column is made up of parts; somewhere through the middle of it, it has two prongs, fork-like, that slide in and out of a receiving end of the upper column.

When doing the same job you're doing in my QSW, I kind of had the same issues you're having, albeit I removed the lower dash skins to take a look at what the heck was going on.

I imagine that removing the lower portion of your S6's dash is more involved than my simple QSW, however.

Just take your time to see it through :)

Let us know how it works out.

-Peace,


-Louis 

--- On Wed, 9/2/09, Peter Golledge <petergolledge at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Peter Golledge <petergolledge at gmail.com>
> Subject: The S6 rack replacement from hell continues
> To: s-car-list at audifans.com
> Cc: quattro at audifans.com
> Date: Wednesday, September 2, 2009, 1:17 AM
> List folk I've really enraged the
> Audi gods on my S6 rack replacement.
> 
>  
> 
> So I've got the second rack in, those of you following my
> earlier saga may
> recall that I ruined the first by putting the valved banjo
> in the return
> position Jorgen gets full credit for shipping another ASAP
> and updating
> their tags so that others might not follow my lead!
> 
>  
> 
> Now onto the issue at hand; the steering column will allow
> the rack to move
> far enough back toward the firewall!  I can see
> the  splines fully engaged
> on the rack so I know it is not binding.  I recall
> from the first install
> that the column slid back easily enough to get the rack
> mounted up.  I get
> some fore/aft movement but not enough to allow the driver's
> side of the rack
> to sit in the correct position to be mounted.
> 
>  
> 
> Before I start taking apart the lower part of the dash, any
> BTDT for this
> issue?
> 
>  
> 
> Regards
> 
>  
> 
> Peter Golledge
> 
>  
> 
>  
> 
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