Rear Girlings

[radek at istar.ca]

Hi guys.

If you don't have a 12 mm Allen wrench, just use a bolt with a 12 mm head.  You grab the
threaded part with
vise-grips and it works like a dream.  When I was putting together my rear brakes a few
weeks ago, I had
to put the rubber boot in both groves first, then screw the piston in.  Otherwise, there
was not enough room for the
lip of the boot to be inserted into the grove.  Good luck.

Radek

91 V8Q 5-sp
88 90Q


> Message: 8
> From: JagerBond at aol.com
> Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2003 13:54:20 EST
> Subject: Rear Girlings
> To: quattro at audifans.com
>
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> Jason,
> I had my first experience with Audi rear brakes this past weekend.   All ca=
> me
> off well, but the darn pistons refused to be pressed into the caliper housi=
> ng
> 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,
> > =A0 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 f=
> ar
> > 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 n=
> ew
> > 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 GO=
> OD
> > 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 :(=A0=A0 )