[200q20v] Front caliper dragging

[John Mallick]

I know that the piston boot appears to be popped out on one side.  I'll try to pop
it back in after cleaning up with some Brake Kleen or something similar.

John

Bernie Benz wrote:

> No new parts needed, unless by small chance, a boot is torn.  Most likely a
> totally sludged up caliper, and the rest will be not far behind.  Guide pins
> are an easy relube, but not necessarily the problem.  Never yet bought a
> rebuild kit, 30+ years.
>
> Bernie
>
> > From: John Mallick <john_mallick at iat.utexas.edu>
> > Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2002 17:14:17 -0600
> > To: Bernie Benz <b.m.benz at prodigy.net>
> > Cc: 200q20V mailing list <200q20v at audifans.com>
> > Subject: Re: [200q20v] Front caliper dragging
> >
> > 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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