Pierburg Pump, Brakes, etc., etc.

[Alex Kowalski]

The rear rotors and calipers I just replaced were solid, and AFAIK they were
the *original* rotors that came with the car, which still only has 56,000
miles on the odometer.  The new ones are also solids (albeit with the
updated 38mm piston calipers instead of the old 36s, as per the Bentley) so
now I guess I have the "correct" brake setup on the car, after all this
time.

Whew!  ;)

Cheers,
Alex Kowalski
'87 5KCSTQ
'86 5KCSTQ




On 5/9/06, cobram at juno.com <cobram at juno.com> wrote:
>
> "Alex Kowalski" <hypereutectic1 at gmail.com> writes:
>
> > "169mm long, from flange to front end. aluminum type. 23.81mm cyl.
> > 19/17mm Dia. reservoir holes"
> >
> > The one that's on the car right now, inexplicably, is the Avant
> > unit:
> >
> > "169mm long, from flange to front end, cast iron type. 25.40mm cyl.
> > 18/18mm Dia. reservoir holes"
>
> What kind of disks/calipers do you have on the car?  I have run into
> similar with my 200TQA, some of the wagons had the vented (V8Q) disks and
> some didn't, the parts books all called for the vented disks on the
> Avant, but it didn't come from the factory with those, so I make sure and
> order the sedan brake parts when needed.  There was a bit of mixing and
> matching done by Audi on the various brake setups (CV joints too),  just
> check to see that what you're installing is the same as what  you're
> removing.
>
> BCNU,
> http://www.geocities.com/cobramsri/
> There are two types of tragedies in life. One is not getting what you
> want, the other is getting it.
>