Rear brake caliper leaking

[Per Lindgren]

There is a seal between the wet and dry parts of the caliper. I dis-and
reassembled a caliper a couple of months ago, but right now I cant
remember whether it was a special seal or just an o-ring. I believe it
was an o-ring. You need to take out the hand brake shaft and strugle to
get the heavy-duty spring in place again, but if you go that far let me
know, and I'll let you kow the trick to get it in place again.

PerL
87 Cq


radek at istar.ca wrote:

>Hello fellow Audinauts.
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>The patient is '88 90Q.  The rear caliper is leaking fluid, looks like it's coming from
>the handbrake shaft
>somewhere.  Rather difficult to tell exactly, because everything is covered with ice,
>slush and salt.
>I checked the archives, of course, but all I found was related to the handbrake sticking.
>Mine
>is working OK but definitely leaking.  It looks like the leak is more pronounced when the
>handbrake
>is on.  Any hints?  Can it be easily rebuilt?
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>I checked the local Euro supplier and they have a "caliper rebuilding kit" part #
>443-698-671
>but it apparently only contains a piston seal and a protective cap.  Would anyone know
>what
>parts I need to fix a leaking e-brake shaft?
>
>Thanks
>
>Radek
>91 V8Q 5-sp
>88 90Q
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