Brakes again

[Bernie Benz]

> From: "Derek Pulvino" <dbpulvino at hotmail.com>
> 
> Curious why you're stating the caliper should be serviced concurrently.  Is
> there a prescribed maintenance interval?  If so, is that (maint. interval)
> the basis of your recomendation for rebuilding the caliper, otherwise I'm
> not sure how a problem at the guide pin would lead to a problem within the
> caliper, especially when there is no external visual indication of caliper
> problem.
The interval being immediately, when the older car is new to you.  If both
the caliper is cleaned out and the guide pins lubed at this time, both
should last indefinitely with biennial (a great new word!) fluid changes.
I'm assuming that you have not done so.
> 
> Also, does anybody have a good solution for turning the piston into the
> caliper short of buying the special tool?
Two pins and a screw driver, or 3 screw drivers.  If you can't screw it in
with very little torque, my above assumption is most probably correct.

Bernie
> 
> dp
> 
>> Derek,
>> I implied/stated that, if the guide pins were a problem with their boots
>> intact, most probabily the caliper internals were likewise a problem,
>> inasmuch as these two are/should be serviced together.  DFI if IAB, but do
>> it right when necessary!
>> 
>> Bernie
>> 
>>> From: "Derek Pulvino" <dbpulvino at hotmail.com>
>>> Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2004 20:20:03 -0700
>>> To: b.benz at charter.net
>>> Cc: 200q20v at audifans.com
>>> Subject: Re: Brakes again
>>> 
>>> Ladies and gentlemen, herein we have one of the few exceptions to the
>>> dfiiiab adage.  Pay close heed as it could be eons until you see it
>> again (rib, rib).
>>> 
>>> I mean, I never said the caliper was leaking, and it would seem that any
>>> compromised function of the guide pin is independent of the inner
>> workings of the caliper.
>>> 
>>> dp