meatman10523

Through some trouble shooting of my broken power steering I found the true culprit. My tensioner bracket is cracked in a few places and not doing its job.

Is it hard to find a replacement? I am not seeing it listed anywhere. This post gives me some hope I can order a replacement:

https://www.audiworld.com/forums/sho...sioner+bracket

Anyone have any experience with this or know the part number? I am worried the solution will be to have a new one fabricated.

Thanks for any help you can give!

meatman10523

So after some more looking I did find it, but it is $400:

http://genuineaudiparts.com/parts/19...ount%20bracket


I am going to head to a machine shop tomorrow and see if they can do anything for me. Ill post my findings!

UrS4boy

What you are talking about is NOT a tensioner bracket. It is just a bracket. No springs. No adjustment = Not a tensioner bracket.

Two PNs:

054145521C up to 1995s with VINs SN020000

and then 054145521D for SN020001 and above.

521C = NLA, 521D = $394 at GVAP as far as can see (as you found through other means).

meatman10523

After looking at the part some more I decided just to bite the bullet and buy a new one. I think a machine shop could have done something with it, but not worth the potential down the road trouble. Thanks for the follow up Dave!