Re: Audi 5000 doorhandles

[Achille Riviello <acriviel@mailhost.ecn.uoknor.edu>]

At 02:20 PM 3/4/97 -0500, Ben Baldridge wrote:
>Has anyone else out there had as much trouble with 5000 series doorhandles
>as I have? My old 87 5000 TQ wagon took 3 replacement handles, and my 86 TQ
>sedan has had 2, and needs a third. The linkage, made of some sort of
>plastic, seems to be the problem. Is there some cheap solution to this, or
>do you just grin and bear it, and shell out another $60 - $70 to the dealer?
>It can't be happenstance, or bad karma - nothing like this happens to only
>one person.
>
>Ben Baldridge
>86 Treser Super 5000 TQ
>91 BMW 325ix
>Benjamin M. Baldridge
>
>

I've replaced 3 on my 83 4ks and 2 more are about to go.  It just happens.
Try a used parts yard.  Think I paid $15-25 for my door handles.  Welcome to
the world of sacrifices to the Audi gods.  

Achille Riviello
acriviel@mailhost.ecn.uoknor.edu
83 4000s 4E, 200k+ miles,
96 A4Q, 3.6k-ish miles