hand brake is not engaging new rear calipers

Wed Apr 11 00:05:42 EDT 2001

> Fellow audifans,
>   I'm having problems with my new rear calipers.  The
> hand brake doesn't engage them.

(a) Sticking cable(s) can prevent the tightening ratchet from
fully functioning. See if, upon release, the lever sprouting from
the caliper retracts fully to rest against the stop pin.

cu, James Marriott
'87 4kq (alias "late-B2 90q") with rare NG engine, 181k,
brandy-new cables
'89 200q (MC1, ProconTen/no bag, 1.8 blah blah), 132k, old ones
still working
Boise, ID, USA     http://www.webpak.net/~marriott/