[s-cars] Rad Fan Troubles get More Viscous

[racingiron at comcast.net]

Part changes confirmed on the parts fiche.  '92 cars up to #145637 have the early design.  The early parts are no longer offered, but apparently you can use the later flange and pulley with the early bracket as long as you also get something called an "intermediate ring" (046 903 151).  I'm guessing that ring mounts between the old bracket and the bearing, pushing everything out to the new location.  So, now I have to decide if it's worth $125 on top of the $90 bearing to have the new positioning. Probably not.

Forgie, I wonder if this change might explain the issue you reported here:
http://forums.quattroworld.com/s4s6/msgs/220345.phtml
I'll try to get some measurements from the parts to see how much the offset changed, but 7mm should be in the ballpark.

Eric R.
'86 urq
'92 urS
'93 urS