Question regarding UFO brakes

[Ben Swann]

Brute force and a bit of conniving with a hammer/crowbar - I have seen some
instructions showing to cut the pad edge down at an angle to make assembly
disassembly easier.  You'll simply have to remove some pad material.  Also
making sure the calipers are fully retracted may help.

 

My recall is everytime I've done this job I run into this problem, so you are
not alone.

 

Ben

 

[Date: Sun, 08 Jul 2007 17:47:24 -0400

From: Kevin Rufino <krufino at alumni.stevens-tech.edu>

Subject: Question regarding UFO brakes

To: 200q20v at audifans.com

Message-ID: <46915B6C.3000309 at alumni.stevens-tech.edu>

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This may be a dumb question, but is there any trick to removing the UFO
rotors?  This is the first UFO brake job for me.  I got the inboard pad off
with little trouble, then removed to screw from the rotor; but could not get
the rotor off.  Are you just supposed to be able to pull the rotor off?  I
haven't had a chance to pick up a Bentley, so I was following the brake
section from www.quattro123.com. It really felt like I was missing a step.  No
matter how much I wiggled and pulled, the rotor did not seem to want to clear
the lip of the hub.  It also did not help that I was attempting this from the
not really level parking lot of my apartment complex.  If anyone would shed
some light on this, I would greatly appreciate it.  Thanks.

 

Kevin]