more rear brake type 44 questions

[Livolsi, Stephane]

how much did the rebuilds from Can Tire cost you and what was your
impression of the quality?

In my pre-Audi days I had a Toyota 4x4 that I did extensive work to.
Once went to Can Tire to get a wheel cylinder, get back home open the
box and the rubber boots are all cracked.  Back to Can tire to get
another one.  I am smarter by this time and check before I leave the
store.  You guessed it - cracked boots.  The partslad got another one
and same thing.  I said thanks very much and decided I would just bite
the bullet, mortgage the house and bought one from Toyota.  Since that
time I have generally stayed away from Canadian Tire for critical auto
parts.  I'll buy bulbs and wiring, lubricants and stuff like that but
not brake or steering parts.

As for your situation with the bleeders, I would be very, very nervous.
I think you can safely assume there is something wrong in there and
remember that your brake system is subject to very high pressure when
you apply the brakes. Unless that bleeder is in there properly, you risk
springing a leak, possibly while under heavy braking.  Perhaps only some
of the threads are stripped and the last bleeder got cross threaded so
it is holding for now but you never know when it might let go.  Sounds
like you need to double check that the bleeders and caliper are the same
thread.  During the rebuild, they may have tapped it out and rethreaded
a different size.  Hey, you never know.

Stephane Livolsi
Williams Lake, BC, Canada
86 5KTQ (If you don't know what it means, you aren't in the club)

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>From: 	don & lori[SMTP:dell4 at mb.sympatico.ca]
>Sent: 	August 30, 2000 10:31 PM
>To: 	quattro at audifans.com
>Subject: 	more rear brake type 44 questions
>
>
>finally threw in the towel with my rear calipers.
>
>they had gone beyond my patience and skill level.
>got some rebuilts from Canadian tire.  left one went on fine.  when i
>finished bleeding the right one, i titened the bleeder screw, but it just
>kept
>turning... uggh... stripped it and its leaking.  so i
>stuck in the old bleeder screw from original caliper
>and same thing,  when titened it leaked like crazy.
>had another bleeder screw that came with the left
>side, as i used the original in the new left side caliper.  so put in this
>third bleeder screw and
>it seems to work fine.
>
>is this unusal?  should i be worried that it will leak,
>or did i just damage the treads on first 2 i tried?
>
>also note on the brake hose on right side looks a
>little twisted as had to go extra quarter turn to keep
>it tite.  shud this concern me?  wud it be better without that extra quarter
>turn?
>
>i am total newbie to fixing my brakes, so hope more experienced listers can
>comment on above.
>
>don henry
>
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