[s-cars] Rack Replacement

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>    1.  The S6 rack replacement from hell continues (Peter Golledge)
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> Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2009 23:17:16 -0600
> From: "Peter Golledge" <petergolledge at gmail.com>
> Subject: [s-cars] The S6 rack replacement from hell continues
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> List folk I've really enraged the Audi gods on my S6 rack replacement.
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> 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!
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> 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.
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> Before I start taking apart the lower part of the dash, any BTDT for this
> issue?
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> Regards
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> Peter Golledge


I had the same issue when replacing the rack in my S6. Turn the ignition key to "on" and the steering column lower shaft will slide up a little further, allowing the rack more movement upwards.
HTH, Chris