5KqW tranny

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Frank J. Bauer                                                                  
dassault systemes of America     email:fjbauer@dsavm.e-mail.com                 
Subject: 5KqW tranny                                                            
> Steve Buchholz                                                                
> s_buchho@kla.com                                                              
> San Jose, CA (USA)                                                            
> ... who might make a similar post about replacement of transmissions          
> on 5000 quattros in the next couple of days ... :-(                           

please do!  this, i'm sure will be used by other unfortunate type 44Q owners.   
since you are soliciting suggestions, i can offer one from my own experience.   
audi, in it's infinite wisdom, has the throwout bearing riding on a piece       
(of sh*t) plastic.  a later version of this part is made of steel.  since yours 
is newer, it may already have the metal part.  be sure to spend the $10 or so   
to replace the plastic part, if that's what you have, so that the bearing       
doesn't weld itself to the guide some day.  the part is available at IPC last   
i checked.                                                                      
this little item cost me thousands and cost my parents nearly a week while      
they waited for parts and service in the middle of east bumf**k, nowhere.       
(i'll give you a hint - the casey jones railroad museum was the tourist         
highlight)                                                                      
of course the repair shop assumed clutch replacement and didn't find this       
gem of engineering genius until they had ordered and received clutch parts      
and then removed the tranny.                                                    

hth...                                                                          
frank