[200q20v] Front caliper dragging

[John Mallick]

Bernie,

I suppose I should do it right, but I may just f*** around to get the car
moving again until I can upack my tools from my recent move.  Got any good
suppliers of overhaul parts, or is it simply a good cleanup of what's there?

John

Bernie Benz wrote:

> John,
>
> Do you want to do it right, or just f*** around?  If the former, overhaul
> all four calipers and flush the fluid.  A dirty but cheap job ($5. for
> fluid) that will result in the best stock 44 chassis brakes for the next
> 300K miles, with biannual fluid changes.  Love my UFOs.
>
> Bernie
>
> > From: John Mallick <john_mallick at iat.utexas.edu>
> > Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2002 12:31:40 -0600
> > To: 200q20v at audifans.com
> > Subject: [200q20v] Front caliper dragging
> >
> > I've got a dragging front caliper that will occasionally heat up the UFO
> > and cause lots of vibration on the front end.  Any BTDT for freeing
> > these things up or is a new/reman caliper in order?  Can I clean and
> > lube the carrier pins w/o taking the caliper off the strut?
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> >
> > John Mallick
> >
> >
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