I was not very careful selecting my latest used car.
My 5N Tiguan has the 5N1 909 144 R rack, which was manufactured by VW itself (APA BS) and not ZF. This doesn't work so well with OpenPiot I know now. Right now it's nagging me about the J759 camera missing, even if I add that cam it will stop steering after 6 minutes, so it's sub-optimal.
Instead adding a used camera, I thought about "just" swapping the steering rack to a 1K0 909 144 R. They come with B6 Passat and Golf 6.
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So I would like to do it as well.
Do you think it's going to work?? Are they mechanically identical?
Bonus question: Can I just replace the motor and logic? (That would be the cheapest solution since getting those racks in Brazil is very expensive, the motor I can probably bring in my luggage.)
My 5N Tiguan has the 5N1 909 144 R rack, which was manufactured by VW itself (APA BS) and not ZF. This doesn't work so well with OpenPiot I know now. Right now it's nagging me about the J759 camera missing, even if I add that cam it will stop steering after 6 minutes, so it's sub-optimal.
Instead adding a used camera, I thought about "just" swapping the steering rack to a 1K0 909 144 R. They come with B6 Passat and Golf 6.
Sebastian put it nicely: ZF and APA are not considered to be interchangable, though I have seen it done.
Electric Steering Rack interchangability, Touran, A3 8P, mk5 Golfs etc.
Hi everybody! I've been asking Uncle Google, but I have a limited time opportunity! I'd like to know the Steering Rack interchangability between some of the MK5 Golf based cars, and their Audi cousins. Rack Part numbers DO interchange between brands, but I don' know WHICH factors may introduce...
So I would like to do it as well.
Do you think it's going to work?? Are they mechanically identical?
Bonus question: Can I just replace the motor and logic? (That would be the cheapest solution since getting those racks in Brazil is very expensive, the motor I can probably bring in my luggage.)
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