[V8] Sticking throttle Q

[sdewitt at stx.rr.com]

I just went to my local bearing supplier with the dims and got them for a few bucks each. 

----- Original Message ----- 
From: MORRALEE David <David.Morralee at alcatel-lucent.com> 
Date: Monday, March 19, 2007 8:07 am 
Subject: RE: [V8] Sticking throttle Q 
To: Scott DeWitt <sdewitt at stx.rr.com>, Ingo Rautenberg <ingo.rautenberg at gmail.com>, V8 Fans <v8 at audifans.com> 

> Scott could you give the name of the company where I could get on of 
> these Bearings . 
> 
> +++FYI +++ 
> 
> I will be embarking on some big projects in the springtime with my 
> 4.2L93 V8 . 
> 1) timing belt replacement and all parts 
> 2) putting a new trans in the car from ZF 
> 3) odds and ends like the throttle bearing . 
> 
> ******I thought you guys might be interested with this **** ... I 
> researched 15 Internet sites for Audi parts for my timing belt 
> change . 
> Now because I live in Canada I thought it would be more expensive 
> , but 
> it has turned out the other way round ... The cost of the job ( 
> parts ) 
> would in some cases be 100 to 300 dollars more if I bought the 
> parts in 
> the states. ( plus there is Duty charges us-cad ) I still think I 
> willbe going to Bruce for most of my stuff . I have attached the 
> xls doc to 
> this email, but I don't think it will get through to the V8 lister . 
> 
> If you would like this document please shoot me an email and I 
> will be 
> happy to shoot it your way . 
> David.morralee at alcatel-lucent.com 
> 
> Superdave 
> Ottawa 
> 4.2 V8 
> 87 5000 qt CD 
> 
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: v8-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:v8-bounces at audifans.com] On 
> BehalfOf Scott DeWitt 
> Sent: Friday, March 16, 2007 10:16 PM 
> To: Ingo Rautenberg; V8 Fans 
> Subject: Re: [V8] Sticking throttle Q 
> 
> It's not the throttle body that sticks, it's the throttle shaft. 
> And yes 
> you have to remove the intake to get to it. 
> The good part is that the bearings are available from a bearing 
> companyfor a few bucks each... 
> 
> Scott 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Ingo Rautenberg" <ingo.rautenberg at gmail.com> 
> To: "V8 Fans" <v8 at audifans.com> 
> Sent: Friday, March 16, 2007 9:09 PM 
> Subject: [V8] Sticking throttle Q 
> 
> 
> > So the V8 5 speed didn't like not being driven more than ten 
> miles in 
> > the last year14 months -- and I think eight of those were in early 
> > January 2006. Duh! And she's not happy. With the help of Tim 
> > Hollister (Thanks, Tim!), I replaced the timing and reference 
> sensors> with known good pieces. Took her for a test drive and 
> among other 
> > issues,she was behaving sluggishly and then when I pressed on the 
> > throttle Italian style she wouldn't close up. Unplanned 7k is no 
> > fun! I have the throttle body exposed now and was wondering where 
> > these things stick? I've manually opened the throttle and encounter 
> > resistance near idle position and sticking with butterflies 2/3 
> > open. Anyone with any experience with this? 
> > 
> > Ingo 
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