[s-cars] S6 steering rack needed

[JAM]

Apparently, Jorgen still has a "limited lifetime warranty."  Copied directly 
from their warranty webpage:
"In layman's terms, the Jorgen Automotive warranty covers the rack and 
pinions, and power steering gearboxes it sells against remanufacturing 
defect for as long as the vehicle is owned by the person the product was 
sold to. Labor can be covered up to $150 during the first year of use, at 
Jorgen Automotive's discretion, provided the product is judged to be 
defective, and the unit was installed by a certified or licensed mechanic."
Strangely, down the page from that it says:
".........In addition, for rack and pinions and gearboxes sold after 10/1/90 
and for as long as the end purchaser owns the vehicle, seller will provide 
free replacement if the unit fails due to defects in material or 
workmanship. Seller makes no other warranties expressed or implied, 
including warranties as to merchantability or as to fitness for any 
particular use and shall not be liable for any loss or damage, directly or 
indirectly, arising from the use of such goods or for consequential 
damages."

http://www.jorgenauto.com/warranty.html
It may be worth a call to confirm.
Waiting patiently for my day to come to play with a bad rack......
Jason Mawhinney
2 urS bitches
1 urQ bitch


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joshua Van Tol" <josh at spiny.com>
To: "LL - NY" <larrycleung at gmail.com>
Cc: <s-car-list at audifans.com>
Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2010 1:36 PM
Subject: Re: [s-cars] S6 steering rack needed


>I went through 3 before I got a good one on my 5kcstw. Failure interval was
> about 18 months. They used to have an unlimited warranty...
> They claimed to have located the problem that caused the failures and
> corrected it, but who knows? FYI, the change they implemented was to 
> polish
> the operating piston on the hydraulic cylinder to a different surface
> quality using a diamond hone. Apparently the teflon seals used by zf 
> require
> a different surface finish in order to last.
>
>
> On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 11:11 AM, LL - NY <larrycleung at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> The Jorgen I installed in my '89 200Q started leaking after about 18
>> months.  Maybe I was the statistical outlyer, but this has opened me up 
>> to
>> other possibilities when I have to do a rack again.
>>
>> LL - NY
>>
>> On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 11:29 AM, <smarinello at entouch.net> wrote:
>>
>> > So, after all the drama of getting the fan bearing to finish the timing
>> > belt service,
>> > my mechanic informs me that the steering rack, which has been weeping
>> fluid
>> > ever since
>> > the kid was driving it and cranking the wheel around full lock to the
>> point
>> > that he
>> > blew the HP line, is now leaking enough that the gold standard fluid is
>> > running along
>> > the tranny and dripping on the unshielded aftermarket cats.  J0rgen 
>> > time,
>> I
>> > believe.
>> > In searching on the web, I found a number of other sources, too.
>> >  INterestingly
>> > enough, Jorgen has only a 12 mos. warranty; DiscountSteering.com has a 
>> > 36
>> > mos.
>> > warranty.  Any experience with them, or any others?  Jorgen has been 
>> > the
>> > list standard
>> > for a long time...just wondered.
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> >
>> > Steve
>> >
>> >
>> >
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