steering rack gaitor

[steve1234]

Cany anyone tell me how hard it is to replace the steering rack gaitor, Mine has a split in it and it failed the MOT ahhhhhhhhhhh. I have ordered one from audi and it came to a sum total of 8.50gbp which i thought was very good value for money. Also does anyone have any ekta drawings of the bolt positions for the front headlamps??? Any help would be much appreciated.

[Skull]

easy, maybe 20 minutes of work, with the right tools.

[steve1234]

do you need special tools???? or do you mean the correct tools ie spanners etc??

[Skull]

no really special tools needed, but maybe a shortened or bent spanner, longer extension for the "gedore"... how is it in english...

this thing:

[s2driveruk]

must have been working on a different car then to mine, took me hours to sort it I did have a how to for the 3b will see if i can locate it on here and make a sticky... Access will be the biggest headache as you'll know if you have done much diy on the s2 prior to this problem
Cheers
David

[steve1234]

cheers david any help would be appreciated all the best steve.

[s2driveruk]

hmm....i hosted it on an old personal site of mine it seems and I can't find the page. I'm sure its on the desktop, if i find it i'll post it up.

[steve1234]

Cheers dave if you could that would be great i might have a crack at it myself, save some pennies.

[s2_bo]

It's not an easy job on a RHD car. Especially 3b engine as the battery is in the way. RHD is much quicker.

You just need some 17mm tools for the bolts and nuts on the steerig arm iirc. Might be worth replacing them too as the nuts are nilon lined.

The gaitor cap comes of once you have removed the two bolts. Then you can slide the gaitor off and replace it.

Good luck!