chance for a V8Q, continued

[KUNZ,BOB (HP-Boise,ex1)]

This is really close to the standard bedding in process. It also happens to
heat things up a bunch to remove minor warping of the rotors. Standard
"couple of times" is 6 total or until fading is evident. Brakes will smell.
But then you MUST drive using the brakes minimally until they cool down.
This is a long process about 30 minutes to cool down so plan on some nice
highway cruising for the cool down. Then when you park do not use the
parking brake the first time. More material will transfer to the rotor from
that stopped position and you'll have a shudder as a result.

--bob

'86 5ks (original owner, yeah!)
'02 TTQR (lot's o' mods)


> Hairy green toads from mars made QuickAudi at aol.com say:
>
> Yeah, mine do that every once in a while.  Found a neat trick (given to me
> by Bill Gerwig, a certified Audi technician, ya'll) to fix them.  Get up
> to a high speed (80 should do), then get on the brakes hard.  This is not
> an 80 to 0 test, but slow down rather quickly.  Do this a couple of times,
> and your brakes should be fine after that.  Or, get into some construction
> traffic; does the same thing.
>
>
> Joel
> '90 V8q (sitting in shop, have parts quote, fun upcoming)
> '86 5kcstq (the more I watch the boards, the more problems I realize she
> has: injectors, sensors, etc.)
>
>
> In a message dated 8/18/2003 5:01:14 PM Eastern Daylight Time, quattro-
> request at audifans.com writes:
>
> > UFOs have a slight judder