Re: UrS4 Transmission Failures

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

In message <010f01bec1b2$2eaa3a40$1210883e@default> "Jim Haseltine" writes:

> > The UK Club does not recommend any performance enhancements to a 6-speed
> > S2 or S4.  At 220bhp nominal, the box seems marginal at best - putting
> > more than this through it is asking for trouble.  Our suspicion is that
> > Audi used narrower cogs to fit the six speeds into much the same space
> > as five.
>
> Wasn't there something about early 6-speed boxes suffering bearing failure?

That as well, but it's supposed to be cog (gear) width that's the major
issue.

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 Phil Payne
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