[s-cars] Power Steering Mounting Bracket update....

[Jim Fleischer]

Hi Mike,

>From my recent experience, if you let it go for much longer, the fender 
firewall will begin to crack as well and it becomes a far more complicated 
repair, requiring removal of the power steering rack and the need to weld in 
reinforcement from the inside....$$$!  As it is, I'll be looking at over 
$400 for the part and repair....if it is only as bad as it seems at the 
moment.  There is a lot of stress on that area each time you turn the wheel.

I'd get it taken care of sooner than later....

Jim

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Wakefield" <S4Quattro at comcast.net>
To: "Jim Fleischer" <jim at almgt.com>
Cc: <s-car-list at audifans.com>
Sent: Friday, April 03, 2015 1:48 PM
Subject: Re: [s-cars] Power Steering Mounting Bracket update....


Mine's cracked on the driver's side- haven't fixed it yet.
Mike Wakefield
93 S4 173,000 miles

> On {April3}, at 1:33 PM, Jim Fleischer <jim at almgt.com> wrote:
>
> Hey guys,
>
> So, I sourced the appropriate bracket from my local Audi dealer (it had to 
> come from Germany) and have my car at a local body shop to make the 
> welding repair.  One thing that he mentioned is that since this is what 
> could be considered a "Safety issue," seeing as it could have failed to 
> the point of not being able control the car, he was wondering at the 
> possibility of this being a recall situation.  I spoke to the local Audi 
> dealer where I got the part, and of course there is no such recall.  So, 
> wondering if there was any effort to make Audi aware of this issue, and if 
> there were enough of these failures to warrant an inquiry.  With as many 
> urS4/S6 , 100/A6 cars out there, was this common, or am I just one of the 
> lucky ones?
>
> What strikes me as interesting is that Audi supposedly manufactured a 
> beefier bracket in response to the failures of the factory installed unit. 
> Makes me think there is something to that....
>
> Thoughts or previous experiences with this?  Thanks!
>
> Jim Fleischer
> '95 urS6 avant, 180K
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