Rear Girlings

[JagerBond at aol.com]

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Jason,
I had my first experience with Audi rear brakes this past weekend.   All came
off well, but the darn pistons refused to be pressed into the caliper housing
no matter what i used pressing them with.   After some phone calls i found
out that the pistons screw back into the housing.   The hex on my URQ's
pistons was a 12mm and I couldn't find a store which had that.   I ended up
using a a torks 60 (biggest star they had at pep boys) and it worked great.
You can leave the top caliper bolt in, swing the caliper upward, and then go
to screwing the piston in.   Mine went in clockwise.   HTH

Anyone on the forum know how to put the caliper piston boot on?   Will the
piston retract far enough into the housing to slide the boot lip in?

Thanks,
Mike Bond
83 URQ #474
89 80Q (project - out of the garage)
02 Yukon XL Denali

>
> Hey guys,
>   Doin the brakes this weekend and ran into some trouble. First off, the
> parking brake cables were frozen and my rotors are now shot. I knew they
> were
> froze up, but didn't have a place to work on it here at school in this
> weather. I couldn't get the piston back in far enough to put the brakes on
> either. I used a c-clamp and channel locks to get it in a ways, but not far
> enough. I also tore the boot up in the process. What size allen key fits in
> the piston? I also found the ball joint to be bad on that side. Should
> these
> be replaced on both sides at the same time? Seeing that I am in need of new
> rotors and pads (and maybe calipers) I'm going to go ahead and upgrade to
> the
> vented setup if I can get a good donor. So, does anyone happen to have GOOD
> calipers, carriers, rotors, and pads for the rear vented setup? I'm on a
> college budget too. :)
> Thanks,
> Jason
> '86 5ktq (still on jack stands at home :(   )
>