[urq] Trunk release update

[SpotatAshleys]

Colin
I came a bit late to this thread. Extrememly disappointed you have fixed it
as I was going to tell you it was irrepairable and the only sensible course
of action would be to send it over to me in the UK to see if I could find a
use for the remainder of the car. A sport quattro did you say?, only made a
few, never really popular.
Seriously though, glad you got it fixed. I liked the some of inventive ideas
suggested to get around this as I've often pondered what I would do if this
happened to me.
All the best

Keith
'87WR
'63 Daimler V8

----- Original Message -----
From: "colin cohen cco" <ccohen5 at compuserve.com>
To: <urq at audifans.com>; "qlist" <quattro at audifans.com>
Cc: "audijim" <audijim at audi5turbotech.com>; <packley at bellatlantic.net>
Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2006 3:48 PM
Subject: [urq] Trunk release update


> Many thanks to Jim F, Jim H, Louis-Alain R, Paul C, John L., Huw P., Kent
> M., Martin D., Phil A. - I hope I have not omitted anyone -- for all your
> prompt and helpful suggestions.  I thought I would use the site to update
> you all and leave the info for the archives.  When I searched Audifans and
> Audiworld as well as Huw's site and what I have of Phil Payne's stuff, I
> could not find any references to this problem.  The hood, yes, many have
> seen that release break, but not the trunk.
>
> Firstly I was wrong in relating this problem to the 4K or 80, no
similarity
> there.  So the only common denominators are the Urq and the SQ, which
makes
> sense.  Also unlike the Urq, there is no rubber bung on the trunk floor
> above the muffler, which is strange but the trunk is smaller than the Urq
so
> perhaps this was another Bauer design change.
>
> Anyway to the result - I removed the rear driver side trim panel and could
> clearly see the Bowden cable extending from the scissors like release
device
> at the bottom of the door jam.  But it was partly obscured by the seat
belt
> reel, which I then removed.  The cable had not detached from the release
and
> a piece of the inner wire was visible attached to the lever.  This told me
> that it had broken somewhere between the toggle lever and the trunk catch.
> So before ripping anything else apart, I grabbed the outer sheath of the
> Bowden cable as close to the trunk as I could reach with long needle
pliers
> and pulled.  This released the trunk latch and I was able to open it.
>
> It turns out that the cable broke about 2 inches into the Bowden outer
> sheath from the toggle lever.  Snapped!  this is unusual because on
removing
> the entire inner cable I discovered that this is serious aerospace grade
> stainless 0.078" steel - the same as we use for throttle actuators etc.
Its
> stiff strong stuff, not that flexible mutistrand that you usually find in
> these cables and I have on some of my other cars.  The breakage appears to
> have been caused by a bend in the wire forced by the way it was routed
> immediately after the connection point to the release toggle where the
cable
> was jammed against the outside fender and then had to make a right angle
> turn to be routed over the rear mud guard.
>
> So the moral of the story to other Urq owners is pull your trim out and
take
> a look.  A simple rerouting of the cable to relieve the tension caused by
> misrouting after the toggle lever would avoid this breakage.
>
> Again thanks everyone for the help.
>
> Colin
>
>
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