jimweisptd

<center><img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/29555/rainchannel.1.jpg"></center><p>I searched the forum &amp; found many of you have fixed the stupid designed water channel attachment brackets. After my wife came home today &amp; said the sunroof leaked into her pocketbook, I found my rattling sunroof shade problem...I can't see a way to repair these other than J B Weld with the unit in the car. According to the Bentley manual it doesn't look like a bad job to replace the channel with a new one. The book says you must remove the glass roof panel which looks like a 15-30 minuet job &amp; the rest is a piece of cake. These parts remind me of the supports for the sunroof on my type 44. Audi did revise the design &amp; make a stronger replacement part for them. Please let me know your thoughts &amp; opinions on how I should repair this.
And does anything attach to the eyelet @ the rear of the thing?

greenaudi100

I have the same leak, hoping someone has a suggestion on a fix, funny how our cars behave the same!

MikTip

Which is an Aerospace epoxy. Once dry, its will be stronger then the aluminum its glued too! ;O)

The key is surface prep, cure temps &amp; time.<ul><li><a href="http://www.devcon.com/worldwideframe.html">http://www.devcon.com/worldwideframe.html</a</li></ul>

jimweisptd

Thanks for the link. I can't find an adhesive or epoxy you refer to with that number on the site the numbers may have changed. Is the material:
Aluminum Putty F (10610)or one of the epoxies like Metal Welder(14366)?

S6 4RiNGS

mine in my S6 has been broke jjust like that for at least a year and a half now and i still can't stand the rattle.

jimweisptd

Hook onto it with a piece of wire to pull it out once I got in line with where it is to be attached to the sliding panel I slid the sun shade front &amp; it just slipped out on an angle. If I fix to out of the car I will be hard to put it back in. Being able to have it out will just help in preparing it for cement or epoxy. Unless someone suggests I remove the small riveted bracket off to fix it then screw them back on.

MikTip

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jimweisptd

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Please let me know which of these three 5 minute epoxys are the closest to what you used. Thanks in advance!
http://www.devcon.com/prodimages/P58.jpg<ul><li><a href="http://www.devcon.com/prodimages/5MinFR.JPG">http://www.devcon.com/prodimages/5MinFR.JPG</a</li></ul>

MikTip

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jimweisptd

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