Brakes and other issues.

[Suffolk GameServer LAN]

George:  I think your paragraph below is jogging my memory:
Doesn't Audi (unless there was a design change) have dual diagonal braking
circuits?
The idea was to keep the car in straight line braking under some brake
system failure.
I think your on to something.......-Scott in BOSTON

I think it is a common phenomena; the right rear and left front go
first. In fact when I am checking the family cars, I only check these
now. I don't know why. No one has explained it to me.

-----Original Message-----
From: George Harris
Sent: Sunday, March 09, 2003 10:05 PM
To: Suffolk GameServer LAN; quattro at audifans.com
Subject: Re: Brakes and other issues.


Hi Scott: I don't know about the '99 A6, so I'm going straight to
answering the general question;

 > Even if the fronts were replaced when we bought it, why is one rear
 > significantly worse that the other?

As for excessive wear, I have found that cars with higher mileage are
quite often less troublesome than the ones that only get out on weekends
for the drive to church. Yours does not have very high mileage for a 4
year old car.

Cheers
George

Suffolk GameServer LAN wrote:
> snipped for your bandwidth >>>>> -Suf Daddy
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> QUESTION 1:
> Since brake pads and rotors (and fluid flushes Says Audi of Nashua) are
not
> warranty items,
> do I have any leverage in claiming that the rear pads should have a
> signifcantly longer life span than 50K?
>
> Since the rears are 30% (15% - a side) of the braking force, won't the
> fronts pads have gone first?
> ( i know the answer, but I'm thinking out loud)
> Even if the fronts were replaced when we bought it, why is one rear
> significantly worse that the other?
> (haven't eyed the drivers rear but there's no dust on the alloy wheel
fronts
> or drivers rear.)
> This leads me to believe that the Mrs. DIDN'T drive around with the
e-brake
> on.
> Especially with the other side fine.
>
> Question 2:
> Is there something done in the 45K service that would affect the rear
brakes
> or is the caliper a
> previously damaged unit prior to or our taking delivery of the car and
> therefore be part of the caliper
> malfunction and be a warranty issue or goodwill item?
>
> Am I dreaming, or should I buy the pads, rotor and caliper and do the
repair
> and bleed myself?
>
> -Scott in BOSTON
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