Front Calipers Stuck

[Hayes Myers]

I'm seeing same pricing for 200's as Dave. (250 at autohausz) The 5k's are
120 ..more in line with pricing below. I'll see what else I can find. Brand
name 'centric' is 159 at
http://www.familycar.com/store/?Ntt=audi+200+quattro+brake+master+cylinder+1
991&oes=true .Price seems right.  One guy on ebay has 70 dollar master...
sounds even better. Wreckers price? 19.63 where I live..maybe even a better
way to go :) depends on your frame of mind for this job I suppose. (I think
trying this is worth the effort and an easy steal at the wreckers . I'm
addicted to scrounging I think)
Hayes

-----Original Message-----
From: quattro-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:quattro-bounces at audifans.com] On
Behalf Of David Michael
Sent: Tuesday, December 15, 2009 7:33 P..M
To: n-engelbert at terrans.net; Quattro List
Subject: Re: Front Calipers Stuck

Hi Nathan

I'll put a gallon of water in the car tomorrow. But the consensus is
defiantly the MC. Unfortunately its no longer $100...more like $260 at the
places I checked online. One more thing to fix......

Dave

On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 3:08 PM, Nathan Engelbert
<n-engelbert at terrans.net>wrote:

> Dave,
>
> Rather than opening a bleed screw at home or work (which would require
> rebleeding the brakes afterward), please try the cold water on the MC
> trick first.
>
> Nathan Engelbert
> 83 UrQ DA900453
> 95 S6 avant
>
>
> Message: 4
> Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2009 13:57:31 -0500
> From: David Michael <adavidmichael at gmail.com>
> Subject: RE: BOTH front calipers stuck ? - follow up
> To: Quattro List <quattro at audifans.com>
> Cc: Ben Swann <benswann at verizon.net>, urq at pacbell.net,        Tony Hoffman
>        <auditony at gmail.com>
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>
> Thank you to all those who have responded - the posts were all very
> helpful.
>
> I am leaning towards the MC, even though I have not done a lot of
> diagnosis.
> But this is what I have done:
>
> 1. When everything is cold, the brake calipers release just fine - I can
> press and release the brake pedal, and the front wheels will spin
> 3. I made it home yesterday with no problem - or at least no smoke
> 4. This morning, the calipers started to stick just before I arrived at
> work
> (25 minutes), based on my finely calibrated  "how well does the car coast"
> gauge.
>
> I need to crack the bleed screw at a caliper when they stick, but its
yucky
> on the ground now, and its dark when I get home. Is the bleed screw at the
> MC the same pressure as the calipers - that would be easy to check ;-)?
>
> Thank you all again!
>
> Dave
> 90 200 QA 230k
> 98 M3/4 101k
> 02 MCS 40k
>
>
>
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