Crazy Idea- thoughts?

[Fred Munro]

I machined and inserted polished stainless sleeves into the caliper
cylinders of my '67 Rover 2000TC to solve the caliper cylinder corrosion
problem. Worked like a charm.
I've never had this problem on an Audi, though. If you flush the brake fluid
every 2 years, the internals remain rust free. The problem I've had with the
rear brakes have been corroded and seized caliper guide pins, sticky e-brake
cams, and seized e-brake cables. I put 180k km on the e'86 and 280k km on
the '91 200q in with no internal problems with the brake calipers.

Fred Munro
'94 S4  125k km ( the rear brakes are the best yet - they keep the disc
clean all winter!)
----- Original Message -----
From: "TM" <t44tq at mindspring.com>
To: "Quattro List" <quattro at audifans.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2001 9:16 PM
Subject: Crazy Idea- thoughts?


> Hi listers,
> I keep hearing about seized rear brake calipers on our quattros,
> and just thought of something- if it wasn't extraordinarily
> expensive, couldn't one chrome plate the brake caliper? That would
> prevent corrosion, as long as the plating didn't make the pistons
> fit the caliper body. Is this a crazy idea?
>
> Taka
>
> Thinking of chrome plating and powdercoating stuff (not on the exterior
> of the car)
>