[urq] Sunroof not sealing

[Brandon Rogers]

so I just called a dealer to see about price/availability of a new gear 
drive- the guy said they are available for ......get this...........$93!!!!! 
I think it is actually a carbon fiber impregnated titanium shell with a 
platinum gear.

sheesh.

Off to the salvage yard....

Brandon
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "urq" <urq at pacbell.net>
To: "Urq List" <urq at audifans.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2006 9:17 PM
Subject: Re: [urq] Sunroof not sealing


> ... confirmed that the screws that hold the crank mechanism come down from
> the top, not underneath.  It is all pretty apparent when you remove the
> sunroof panel.
>
> Steve B
> San Jose, CA (USA)
>
>
>> ... calling on some seriously old brain cells here ... so caveat reader
>> ... :-)
>>
>> I remember having issues with this many moons ago ... ISTR the drive
>> gear in the crank mechanism was worn and did not engage the drive cables
>> reliably.  I removed the crank mechanism ... held in place by a couple
>> screws inside the car.  I have a very hazy recollection that there's a
>> TSB on this issue.  I do remember seeing that the drive gear on the
>> crank handle was worn ... at that time new gears were available ... but
>> for a price of $15, which to me was unacceptable at the time.  I'm
>> pretty sure I tried installing the gear "upside down" but I don't
>> remember that this was the solution to the problem.  What is standing
>> out for me as the real problem was that the threads in the pot metal
>> bracket which holds the crank handle were worn and the crank mechanism
>> wasn't being held in the proper place to engage the drive cables.  I
>> remember that the factory screws engaged holes that had maybe a couple
>> threads, but there were other holes in the crank/sunroof assembly which
>> had more threads ... and there were access holes to allow different
>> screws to be used.
>>
>> So ... after all this ... I'm pretty sure what I did was to use
>> different screws in those other holes ... which allowed me to cinch the
>> crank assembly tighter against the sunroof.  I'll look at the car
>> tonight to refresh those worn brain cells ... and if there is anything
>> further that comes to mind I'll post that up ...
>>
>> Personally, I'd refrain from lubricating the drive cables in any way ...
>>
>>
>> Steve B
>> San Jose, CA (USA)
>
> _______________________________________________
> Audifans urq mailing list
> Send posts to: mailto:urq at audifans.com
> Manage your list connection: http://www.audifans.com/mailman/listinfo/urq
> Have an urq question?  Check the Audifans Knowledgebase!
> http://www.audifans.com/twiki/bin/view/Audi/UrQuattro
> Have an urq answer? ... Please help others by adding to the KB ... all 
> contributions welcome!