LK79
Member
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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