[s-cars] it won't stop!

[Steve Mills]

There's a writeup on rebuilding an S-car PS rack on QW at:
http://forums.quattroworld.com/s4s6/msgs/55854.phtml

YMMV, but general consensus was "f that- ship it to Jorgen", especially
since the R&R isn't exactly easy, so it's not something you'd want to do
more than once.

On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 10:11 AM, Mike Fitton <rfitton at vt.edu> wrote:

> Oh no, it's leaking.  Started getting really bad about a month ago.
> I've kept it topped off, not trying to seize the pump while I'm at it.
> But was trying to wait to take it out of service for that.  And then the
> TO bearing (or something) said no and I'll be doing it anyway.  I was
> hoping it would be kind of like replacing a few seals and o-rings and
> I'd be good.  This is actually my first VW rack failure in over ten
> years and seven examples, so I guess I was pushing the odds.  What is
> the boot you speak of?
>
> -Cheers!
> Mike
>
>
> On 7/21/2010 10:22 PM, Joshua van Tol wrote:
> > If the rack's dry, don't mess with it.
> >
> > The re-mans from Jorgen, while they're better than they used to be
> > (they have figured out the secret sauce to make them work, apparently
> > a diamond honing procedure on the hydraulic cylinder shaft) are not as
> > good as the original ZF units. I know from first hand experience,
> > having redeemed the warranty on a jorgen rack 3 times on my old 5000.
> > This last one seems to be holding out. If you feel the need to do
> > something, replace the boot and leave it at that.
> >
> >
> > On Jul 21, 2010, at 8:39 PM, Mike Fitton wrote:
> >
> >> Yeah, for sure.  No idea their age, so 50k+.  Also going to pull the
> >> rack for rebuild.  Any tips on that or just shell out for the reman?
> >>
> >> -Cheers!
> >> Mike
> >>
> >>
> >> On 7/21/2010 9:35 PM, Wylie Bean wrote:
> >>> If nothing else, if it does require a tranny-drop to fix, you might
> >>> consider doing the master, slave and rubber/metal line at the same
> >>> time, unless they're somewhat new.
> >>> Wylie Bean
> >>> TheRingmeister at triad.rr.com
> >>> 90 cq
> >>> 91 90q20v
> >>> 92 UrS4
> >>> 08 Q7 3.6
> >>> Sent on the Sprint® Now Network from my BlackBerry®
> >>>
> >>> -----Original Message-----
> >>> From: Mike Fitton<rfitton at vt.edu>
> >>> Sender: s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com
> >>> Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2010 21:10:32
> >>> To: Fred Munro<munrof at sympatico.ca>
> >>> Cc:<s-car-list at audifans.com>
> >>> Subject: Re: [s-cars] it won't stop!
> >>>
> >>> Awww, two votes for bearing/fingers.  I see the slippery slope looming
> >>> ahead...
> >>>
> >>> -Cheers!
> >>> Mike
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On 7/21/2010 8:45 PM, Fred Munro wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Mike;
> >>>>
> >>>> I would think "thrumming" in the pedal is more likely caused by a bad
> >>>> throw-out bearing or broken fingers on the pressure plate. Since
> >>>> the clutch
> >>>> won't release, I'd go with the broken fingers. Unfortunately that
> >>>> is a more
> >>>> difficult fix than the clutch master.
> >>>>
> >>>> HTH
> >>>>
> >>>> Fred Munro
> >>>> '97 S6
> >>>>
> >>>> -----Original Message-----
> >>>> From: s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com
> >>>> [mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of Mike Fitton
> >>>> Sent: July 21, 2010 7:30 PM
> >>>> To: s-car-list at audifans.com
> >>>> Subject: [s-cars] it won't stop!
> >>>>
> >>>> My clutch won't unclutchify.  Pedal goes down all the way, returns all
> >>>> the way.  Effort is a little lighter than usual.  Won't release the
> >>>> clutch and I can't get into gear from a stop.  Thrumming in the pedal.
> >>>> No thrumming or any other abnormalities with the brakes.  That's
> >>>> consistent with a clutch master, right?  Just want to double-check
> >>>> before I order one.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
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