rebuilt 4kq rear calipers sticky/seizing - recomendations?

[james accordino]

That price is REALLY cheap.  Most places still charge
more for a reman. w/o carrier.  I think it IS
possible.  I just helped a friend do his rear brakes
on a Dorf Tauri w/ rear discs.  He needed a new
caliper.  Very similar to ours.  Anyway, the Dorf
script inside the oval they cast in all their parts
was filled in the mold.  Just the raised oval in the
casting, no script.  They are new parts made by an
aftermarket company using Dorf tooling?  $175. less
than from the dealer.  A few years ago Girling
2-piston fronts dropped under $100. so I replaced
rather than a second rebuild.

Jim Accordino

--- "Dave C." <conner at cfm.Ohio-State.edu> wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> About two years ago I bought rebuilt rear calipers
> for an 89 200q ...
> parking brake levers on both are now stiff.  These
> were rebuilt by
> Beck-Arnley which I read somewhere is one of the
> only rebuilders to do an
> acceptable job.  At the time I was shopping I asked
> Rod at TPC and he said
> he will not sell rebuilt rear calipers cause he does
> not know of any
> reliable rebuilders.
>
> Now I see the following interesting offer on
> Blaufergnugen's website ...
> http://www.audiquattroparts.com/calipers.htm
>
> They offer the following for $120 plus $80 core
> charge ...
> NEW REAR caliper WITH carrier bracket and
> installation instructions.
> ALL Quattro Mdls (84-92)
> [excluding: 200Q20V, V8, S4, S6]
>
>
> This is about what I paid for the rebuilt calipers
> two years ago, and these
> include the carriers!
> Is this too good to be true?
> ------------------
> Dave C.
>
>
>


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