I haven’t installed these parts yet so I technically have the symptoms still even though I haven’t experienced them in quite some time. I should have said “experience” not “experienced” when I responded earlier. I went 98% of the day without issue during the RS4 run we did a couple of weeks ago. I thought I’d have the stiff pedal every time I hammered a 3rd gear pull but I didn’t. Weird. Not until the end of the day (and I glazed it a bit too at this point) did I get the weird pedal feeling but like always it resolved itself after a few calm shifts.
I have a friend with an RS4 who has the exact symptoms who replaced these parts and problem solved 100%. That’s why I’m such a believer in the SS slave return line theory.