rear caliper bolts when changing pads

[George Harris]

On every car that I've worked on and replaced the pads, new bolts (I 
assume you're talking about the bolts the calipers slide on) did not 
come with the pads. In most cases the bolts were seized and needed good 
lubrication just to get them sliding again. New ones would have been a 
godsend, but I cleaned them up with a wire brush and used plenty of 
lubrication when I reassembled. No one died yet :-)

The blue stuff is a locktite equivalent.

Cheers
George

Franco Barber wrote:

> On Wed, Jun 16, 2004 at 03:38:47PM +0100, Alan Pritchard wrote:
> 
>>I believe the blue stuff is a thread locker, since they are such a small
>>bolt, for such a vital part on the car I guess the audi gods figured it
>>would be too easy for them to come loose, presumably a fresh drop of locker
>>would work.
> 
> 
> So you don't think that these are the type of bolt that stretches
> and can not be reused?
> 
> 
>>However when I bought a set of cheap pagid pads for my 90q they came
>>complete with the bolts.
> 
> 
> Yes, I see this in some of the pictures on the online parts vendors.
> Thanks for the confirmation that the picture is correct and the bolts
> are included.  Unfortunately, I've already got a set of cheap ATE pads
> and they didn't come complete with the bolts.
> 
> Franco
>