Metal brake line flare fittings

[Craig D. Niederst]

Fred,
I thought at first the caliper was possibly the wrong one too, but it
matches the old one exactly in appearance. The clue that convinced me it was
the correct one was if it was one for the LR, the parking brake mechanism
would be on the bottom when bolted up, not the top. I believe the fitting
between the rubber and metal lines was designed for cases like mine, so it
could be loosened and the rubber hose rotated until in a position with no
tension on the line. That would have been true in my case, but being in the
salt belt, most non-galvanized metal bits under may car are just masses of
rust (like the brackets for the stainless steel OEM exhaust that rusted
through last year).

Craig
'92 100S (99k)
'86 CGT (213k)


----- Original Message -----
From: "Fred Munro" <munrof at sympatico.ca>
To: "'Craig D. Niederst'" <niederst at PghMail.com>
Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2002 6:53 PM
Subject: RE: Metal brake line flare fittings


> Something doesn't sound right here, Craig. Are you sure they didn't give
> you a caliper for the other side of the car? I can't envisage how the line
> attachment could be 180 degrees off. If the caliper is right, it should be
> an exact bolt-up fit.
>
> Fred Munro
> '94 S4
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Craig D. Niederst [SMTP:niederst at PghMail.com]
> Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2002 1:48 PM
> To: quattro at audifans.com
> Subject: Metal brake line flare fittings
>
> While doing the RR caliper on my '92 100S last week, I noticed that the
new
> caliper was ~180 degrees off when attached to the rubber brake line versus
> the old caliper. This meant I had to twist the rubber brake line somewhat
> in order to bolt the caliper into place. I attempted to remove the end of
> the rubber line attached to the metal brake line at the body to untwist
the
> rubber line, but the connection is very rusty and would not budge (and is
> now badly stripped, even when using my flare wrench). I am going to
replace
> the rubber caliper brake line and the short metal body brake line to
> correct the twisted rubber line problem. As you know, Audi does not sell
> individual metal brake lines, just lengths of line and the fittings. This
> means I need to make the correct flares on the end of the lines. Are these
> flares of the bubble variety or just a double flare? What is the best tool
> to make these flares? I see Sears sells a flaring tool, and was wondering
> if it would work. Any BTDTs appreciated. TIA.
>
> Craig
> '92 100S (99k)
> '86 CGT (213k)
>
>