Re: 5000 Q alignment experience

[quk@isham-research.demon.co.uk (Phil Payne)]

In message <3.0.5.32.19981122141044.00797dc0@pop.ma.ultranet.com> Daniel Jones writes:

> I will agree with Phil that a properly aligned quattro is a wonderful
> thing,  and that many dealer's when doing an alignment will get it within
> spec.  Often this window can be as much as 30 min of a degree (1/2 degree).

Not assisted by some errors in Audi's documentation.

Microfiche D 000.5147.30.00 "Fahrwerk Allradantrieb Ausgabe 07.87"
gives the ur-quattro track value as " zero degrees +55'/-10' " on the
front axle.

This should really be " +5'/-10' " - Audi's correction is in Merkblatt
000.5147.31.00 dated 03.88

50 min of a degree is a fair error.

It pays not only to ensure that your aligner is working to nominal
rather than just tolerance specs - it pays to make sure (really sure)
that he knows what the specs really are.

And my memory was correct (D 000.5147.31.00):

             "Bei _Einstellarbeiten_ sind die angegebenen
              Sollwerte so genau wie moeglich anzustreben."

(The emphasis in the above is Audi's.)

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 Phil Payne
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