Hello to the forum members.

Evening,

Having only replaced the A2s Slip Ring with a TT Slip Ring on Saturday I can confirm that if your VCDS is genuine and up to date it will tell you how many degrees your are out by.

If you follow the calibration process it will display how central the steering wheel is. I’ve seen Slip Rings out by 360’ and 720’. If out by 360’ then turn the wheel anti-clockwise. If you’re getting -360’ reading then correct by turning clockwise.

To damage the Slip Ring ribbon you really do need to force it.

Of note, I’ve just removed an A2 Slip Ring and which is in perfect working order and was taped up in the central position before fully removing from the steering column. It was only removed to be upgraded with a 10 pin TT Slip Ring.

If you learn that yours is damaged then I’m happy to send you what I’ve removed as it’s of no use to me as I continue to play with the heated steering wheel experiments. Yours free of charge plus minimal postage.

Kind regards,

Tom

Hi Tom,

thanks for the info and the kind offer for those parts

I'll send you a pm regarding shipping if they are required

Something i was thinking about was that before i changed the steering rack the car had lost all the power steering fluid as the old rack had pipes corroded threw, the car has only been run stationary since then apart from me reversing it about 20ft and turning it into the drive backwards, so is it possible the fault will clear when it starts getting driven for a longer distance ?

My son was only 3 at the time so its likely he was just wiggling the steering wheel back and forth rather than spinning it right around, it was my wife who slipped it out that she took him to play drive the car one day when i was at work during lockdown but she cant really remember how far he turned it.
 
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The rusty axle is out, destined for the scrap skip at work though i am wondering if it is worth taking the ABS sensors off ?

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Yes, it’s worth taking them off if you can do so without damaging them. Also worth salvaging the aluminium mounting brackets and washers plus the brake pipe/ABS fixing blocks in case you need any spares.
 
Both sides were rusted threw at the strut mounting section
 

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Yes, it’s worth taking them off if you can do so without damaging them. Also worth salvaging the aluminium mounting brackets and washers plus the brake pipe/ABS fixing blocks in case you need any spares.

Yes i only just realised my replacement axle is missing the alloy mounting brackets, ive removed them and had a little go at the ABS sensors but the fixing bolt is completely rusted so cant even get a vice grip on it.
 
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What a rusty old axle ..I’m really glad you found a replacement axle near to you ..?
Yes I was delighted to find it, cost me £140 in total delivered to Lerwick for collection, it has some surface rust that’ll need cleaned up the painted with red oxide and a couple of top coats.

These photos show the new axle, plenty of metal there at the weak points, I think an aspect that has made the steel components on my A2 rust so bad is the fact that before I bought it the car was in a grassy field and never moved for 6 months, never getting away from the damp and moisture.
 

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Nice work.
One idea, it can be worthwhile to pop out the plastic sliders (round) which the brake shoes are pressed against. There are 2x3 of the each side secured into holes in the brake plate.
Removing them allow you to mitigate rust building under them which will later offset the position of the shoes. At the same time replacing them with new ones is a good idea as the old one might be de-for med or broken at disassembly.

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Nice work.
One idea, it can be worthwhile to pop out the plastic sliders (round) which the brake shoes are pressed against. There are 2x3 of the each side secured into holes in the brake plate.
Removing them allow you to mitigate rust building under them which will later offset the position of the shoes. At the same time replacing them with new ones is a good idea as the old one might be de-for med or broken at disassembly.

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Hi

That’s a good shout.

Is there one hole left open ?

I noticed one was missing in the same place on each side.
 
Hi

That’s a good shout.

Is there one hole left open ?

I noticed one was missing in the same place on each side.
Each brake shoe should have the support of three sliders (there is probably a better word for them..) mounted in the brake plate. If you only find two one has gone missing.
 
It it looks like I don’t have any faults showing regarding the power steering rack I fitted.
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Though it’s not been driven anywhere so I wonder if it will pop up when I drive a bit of distance.
 
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