Question regarding UFO brakes

[Bernie Benz]

Mike,
Note the subject!  One must remove the rotor to replace the outer  
pad. Doing so is the point of the current discussion.

Bernie


On Jul 9, 2007, at 5:51 PM, Mike Miller wrote:

> I've always just opened the bleeder valve, pushed the piston back  
> all the
> way and popped in the new pad. Takes longer to jack the car up and  
> get the
> wheel off than to change a pad.
>
> mike
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Ben Swann
> To: krufino at alumni.stevens-tech.edu
> Cc: 200q20v at audifans.com
> Sent: Monday, July 09, 2007 6:04 PM
> Subject: Question regarding UFO brakes
>
>
> 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
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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]
>
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