Help - Rear brake calipers

[scott thomas]

I had the same problem on my supposed rebuilt rear calipers on my old
5000q.

Take a breath...
Ready to hear a monkey lad story?

I had a bunch of spent pads of different thicknesses laying around.
What I would do is shim them (wedging) them, even if slanted on the
rotor and hammer the caliper down on them. Remove, then install a pad
of greater thickeness. Hammer down again until I have enough
clearance for the new pads. It sound so horrible, but why did Audi
cast the calipers in such a way that the hammer has a solid surface
to strike so it won't slide off? By the way, the calipers did work
fine afterward. So did the e brake. I didn't have my heavy duty bar
clamp on me, so I wonder if that'd work. The caliper broke my c
clamp. I just wonder if it's because the pads wore down too far? On
turning, I did see the piston go in a little, then it wouldn't. It
would just spin.

I exposed my own monkey lad-ness
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From: tihol_tiholov at sd27.bc.ca
Sent: Mon, 23 Sep 2002 12:21:23 -0700
To: quattro at audifans.com
Subject: Help - Rear brake calipers



Hi, all

Car: 1988 90 Q.  (I was told that type 44 have the same exact rear
calipers).
The rear brake calipers were uncooperative yesterday while trying to
put
new pads.  The piston turns clockwise forever (at least 1/2 an hour)
but it
doesn't go in.  Used a pair of needle-nose plyers.  These calipers
were
rebuilt when bought about 3-4 years back.  Anyone know what to do
about it?

TIA
Greetings,
Tihol




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