Typ 89 rear calipers - a source for new?

[Matt Evans]

I just bought rebuilt calipers for my 88 90Q from Autozone.

They were something like $65 a side.
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: quattro-bounces at audifans.com 
> [mailto:quattro-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of radek at istar.ca
> Sent: Monday, October 25, 2004 8:15 AM
> To: quattro at audifans.com
> Subject: Typ 89 rear calipers - a source for new?
> 
> Hello group.
> 
> The rear caliper in my 88 90Q is leaking again through the 
> handbrake shaft.  It's the
> early version, I 
> think it's 35 mm in diameter.  Since I have already 
> dismantled it and cleaned three times
> within the last 
> year, I'm about to give up and buy a new one.
> However, factory-new calipers are not available here in 
> Canada.  So here are my questions:
> 1. are brand-new rear calipers available in the US?
> 2. can calipers from later models (larger diameter) be used - 
> in pairs of course?
> 3. any good source for rebuilt calipers (the guys here 
> basically just repaint old ones and
> sell them 
> as "remanufactured", I don't want that.  If I buy a 
> remanufactured caliper, I need all
> rubber, including 
> the o-ring that seals the handbrake shaft, to be changed).
> 4. I tried this before, but has anyone a source for those o-rings?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Radek 
> 88 90Q
> 91 V8Q 5-sp.
> 
> 
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