[V8] Strange sunroof behavior

[dsaad at icehouse.net]

Remember you have to release the lock lever first!
The owners manual covers this procedure in detail.
My guess is that the motor slipped a few teeth on the drive cables. If this is
true, you have some serious wear on the drive cables and/or they are severely
gunked up.
The roof should move pretty fast and the motor should not labor if it is working
properly.

It turns out that the sun roof is not that hard to remove and clean up. The
procedure in the Bently is quite good. Also, parts are interchangeable with lots
of other Audi models.


Dave


Quoting Kneale Brownson <kneale at coslink.net>:

> Take off the sunroof motor cover (screws should be behind the light panel,
> which pops out).  There should be a largish hex key crank you can use to
> turn the system enough by hand to close the hatch.  Sounds like the cables
> slipped or a microswitch that shuts off the motor is misaligned.  There are
> numerous pages of sunroof adjustment included in section 60 of the repair
> manual for the V8 and/or the 200s, which I believe all used the same
> sunroof assembly.
>
>
> At 09:20 AM 6/4/2006 -0500, Unka Bart wrote:
> >G'day all,
> >
> >Yesterday I got into the Gentleman's Express ('93 V8Q 5M) and opened
> >the windows and sunroof to let the hot air out before going for a
> >drive.  When I went to close the sunroof and drive off, it would not
> >fully close, stopping approximately 1-1/2" from completely closed.
> >
> >I have cycled the mechanism many times and it consistently stops in the
> >same place.  I have tried gently forcing it beyond that point, I have
> >tried gently rapping on it while it reaches that point; all to no
> >avail.
> >
> >Does anyone have any suggestions on how to cure this?  Any ideas on
> >what's (not) going on?
> >
> >Many thanks in advance,
> >
> >Bart
> >
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