Death of a steering damper?

**LHD_Kid** · 30 July 2010, 14:27

Originally posted by panzerwagen

Error404 bet you would not be saying that if you owned a LHD car. There is so much junk and obstructions that it is nearly IMPOSSIBLE to remove the part! Audi says you have to remove the following on a LHD car just to replace it...
1/ Master brake cylinder
2/ ABS components
3/ Coolant bottle
4/ Assorted Vacuum lines and assorted hoses.

Well, mine is LHD, and I reckon I could change that from above in around 30-40 minutes.....

**panzerwagen** · 30 July 2010, 17:59

LHD_Kid..you can do it in 30-40 minutes?!

Do tell. I would like to hear this.

**Error404** · 30 July 2010, 19:50

don't forget Chris you have no battery tray in the way on a LHD S2

TBH it would be impossible from above in a RHD coupe too, it has to be accessed from below - therefore can't see what good removing the ABS / master cylinder would be anyway on a LHD car

**LHD_Kid** · 30 July 2010, 22:06

Originally posted by Error404

don't forget Chris you have no battery tray in the way on a LHD S2

Very true..... I keep forgetting this... with the battery tray there it would be pretty difficult....

Panzerwagon, if you have no battery in the way, there are no tricks, small ratchet handle, 10 minutes undoes the bolts on the rack end, fiddly for the other, but not difficult... its the access to the brake servo end which is fiddly...

**Mcstiff** · 30 July 2010, 22:45

The battery tray does have an access port in the bottom of it.

**Error404** · 5 August 2010, 23:08

Fitted new Boge steering damper today. I must say the Boge item is loads lighter than the Stabilus OEM damper, but equally stiff - its harder to compress than an ABY Boge turno gas insert i've got knocking about theb garage

I cut a big hole in the battery tray to fit the ******, made life loads easier

Comments following fitment: the car feels more solid and stable, more "audi-like". The steering doesn't get upset by uneven road surfaces and bumps as it did without the damper. IME theres no noticeable decrease in steering feel or feedback.
After running without one for a couple of years and about 3k miles overall feedback is I much prefer the car with the steering damper.

**panzerwagen** · 6 August 2010, 14:30

LHD_kid wrote >its the access to the brake servo end which is fiddly...<

Yup that is what sums it up in a nut shell. It is near impossible on a LHD car with the servo and the other PS components plus the ABS componentry also in the way.
To even see the end of it under all that stuff would take the X-ray vision of Superman!!!

**Error404** · 6 August 2010, 21:44

Can't you access it from below?

**veneto rs2** · 7 August 2010, 05:40

Originally posted by Error404

Comments following fitment: the car feels more solid and stable, more "audi-like". The steering doesn't get upset by uneven road surfaces and bumps as it did without the damper. IME theres no noticeable decrease in steering feel or feedback.
After running without one for a couple of years and about 3k miles overall feedback is I much prefer the car with the steering damper.

Glad you agree with me.... and that you sorted out eventually.
Funny how it improves the allover feeling on the steering department isn't?

Stefano

**Rusty** · 28 January 2016, 19:35

Thread exhumation...

Just wanted to confirm that the Boge item is part no 22-747-1. Has anyone tried the Febi item 27613 on a RHD? It states the LHD number as the OE equivalent... Any other part numbers?

**Rusty** · 28 January 2016, 20:10

Just ordered a Boge one for £46 delivered

**Rusty** · 11 February 2016, 20:41

So, got the part fitted today (what a faff the wing side bolt is

).

The one I received was a Stabilus 6784HX and it was identical to the one I removed (8A0425021) from my 94 ABY coupe.

**GazzaG60** · 11 February 2016, 21:15

my 16v doesn't have one. is it worth fitting one. never an issue with steering before

**Tom_** · 28 November 2022, 17:57

Does anyone have an experience with febi damper or swag one? Looking for a new one as the engine is removed.

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**nribs** · 29 November 2022, 00:44

I bought a Sach one recently on Ebay.

Seller no longer has any, but this is what I pulled from my purchase history...

Steering Damper Sachs SG401027 fits 94-96 Audi Cabriolet