Rear caliper question - Need quick answer!

[Per Lindgren]

I'm not talking about the piston, I've got a tool for that. This is
below the piston, there is a spring and a collar that goes around the
threaded rod and is held down with a circlip.

PerL


Greville H. Bowles wrote:

>That requires a twisting or turning motion (clockwise, I believe) while
>applying pressure to the piston. Once you do that it goes in quite smoothly,
>if everything is clean.
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: quattro-admin at audifans.com [mailto:quattro-admin at audifans.com]On
>Behalf Of Per Lindgren
>Sent: November 18, 2002 3:25 PM
>To: quattro
>Subject: Rear caliper question - Need quick answer!
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>Quattrophiles,
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>A few days ago, somebody posted the procedure on how to disassemble the
>rear caliper to free up the handbrake actuator. I did that today, and
>cleaned up a lot of rust and old goo. Now comes the big question.
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>How the hell do I compress the spring inside the caliper to get the
>circlip back on? The spring is almost as hard as a valve spring, and
>there's no way I can compress it with the circlip pliers. This wasnt
>mentioned in the short writeup either...
>
>I could use the answer pretty quickly as I'd like to try to get at least
>one caliper finished tonight (it's 9:30 pm right now)
>
>PerL
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