[Biturbos4] B5 S4 brakes

Ameer Antar antfarmer at gmail.com
Wed May 14 09:56:11 PDT 2008


Is this a simple hex (allen) tool, or one of those strange brake keys?
Thanks again.

-ameer

On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 9:01 AM, j.koenig <koenigj at comcast.net> wrote:

> Assuming that you're talking about pads and rotors, it's pretty
> straightforward.  Be
> careful with the connectors for the brake pad warning indicator.  In my
> experience they
> are very brittle.  For the rears, you'll need some kind of tool for the
> push-while-turning
> process for retracting the pistons.
> Good luck,
> John
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ameer Antar" <antar at comcast.net>
>
>
> Hi all, it's been a while for me since my last post, but my 5kT is on
> blocks
> and I don't know when I'll get the time to put humpty back together again.
> So to tide me over, I just bought a new to me '02 S4. I'm still hunting for
> a Bentley for this thing... These cars have come a long way from '85; the
> only thing I hope to be able to do on it myself is simple stuff like
> brakes.
>
> Any advice for doing a brake job on all 4 corners? Is it as easy as the old
> 5kT's? Any special tools I'll need?
>
> TIA.
>
> -Ameer
>
>


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