Rear brake tool?

[Mark R]

David,
I'd rent you mine, but they're so cheap, it would be silly for you not to
buy it!  I personally use (and sell) the Astro Tools #7860.  My sell price
is about $50., but mytoolstore.com has them on sale for $44.25:
http://www.mytoolstore.com/astro/asthan12.html#7860

Also, it has the adapters to do more than just VW/Audi.  Personally, I own
two of these for my own usage.  One for the shop, one for my track tools.
Trust me, use this tool once to do rear brakes on your Audis, and you'll
kick yourself for not owning it sooner.
The only caveat with any of these tools, if your dust boots are older, they
sometimes stick to the piston and can tear.  Take some time to clean them
with brake cleaner and use a little clean brake fluid or caliper grease to
relubricate the dust boots.

Good luck,
Mark Rosenkrantz


On 5/22/06, David Kavanagh <audiguy at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> OK, I spent quite a while yesterday, trying to reset the ebrake mechanism
> on
> my rear calipers (well, only messed with one till I got frustrated). I
> have
> a 2000 A6 2.7t and this is my first time doing pads on this car. I've done
> rear pads on the 5KTQ and 200q20v that I owned before and could always get
> the piston back in by alternately turning it clockwise and pushing it in.
> It
> has never been a quick procedure, but it always worked.
> I spent a lot of time at it yesterday with very little apparent movement
> of
> the piston. Is there any special trick with this car? Is there a cheap
> tool
> that will do the trick? I'd be happy to rent a tool from someone!
>
> thanks in advance,
>
> David
>
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