Re. pics of 90q tranny and slave cylinder - removal

[Steve Meyer]

Yeah, the new slave has the bolt set up and not the pin. So, hopefully this will be a little easier than the pin set up.

Thanks!
slm

--- On Mon, 7/27/09, Huw Powell <audi at humanspeakers.com> wrote:

> From: Huw Powell <audi at humanspeakers.com>
> Subject: Re: Re. pics of 90q tranny and slave cylinder - removal
> To: "mike" <mikemk40 at yahoo.com>
> Cc: quattro at audifans.com
> Date: Monday, July 27, 2009, 12:32 PM
> AN '84 would have been what we call a
> 4kq, yes.  So my memory is 
> correct, early (type 85) uses a pin, later (type 89) uses a
> threaded 
> bolt-like fastener.
> 
> So you still take off the (left?) front tire, but use a
> daisy chain of 
> socket extensions to get to it.
> 
> mike wrote:
> > my old ('84) 90q had a pin, that was a uk car, not
> sure what the US equivilent is 
> > 
> > --- On Mon, 27/7/09, Huw Powell <audi at humanspeakers.com>
> wrote:
> > 
> >> From: Huw Powell <audi at humanspeakers.com>
> >> Subject: Re: Re. pics of 90q tranny and slave
> cylinder - removal
> >> To: "Ben Swann" <benswann at verizon.net>
> >> Cc: quattro at audifans.com
> >> Date: Monday, 27 July, 2009, 6:14 AM
> >> Wait, I thought the older cars (4kq,
> >> UrQ, etc.) had the roll pin, and 
> >> the later ones (80, 90 etc.) had a bolt?  Or
> am I
> >> remembering this 
> >> backwards?
> >>
> >> Ben Swann wrote:
> >>> Not much room to swing a hammer there. 
> Use of
> >> air chisel with blunt end to drive a
> >>> dowel with exact diameter then roll-pin helps.
> 
> >> Just be sure it is exactly the size of
> >>> roll-pin.  Too large will split the
> retainer, and
> >> too small will get the pin stuck in
> >>> worse.  Just right and Blatt - it's out
> of
> >> there!
> >>> Ben
> >>>
> >>> Date: Sat, 25 Jul 2009 15:18:40 -0400
> >>> From: "Radek" <radek at istar.ca>
> >>> Subject: Re:  pics of 90q tranny and
> slave
> >> cylinder
> >>> To: <quattro at audifans.com>
> >>> Message-ID:
> >> <57E81AA7F3754C9C844F4E998AB88083 at Compaq>
> >>> Content-Type: text/plain;   
> >> charset="iso-8859-1"
> >>> You don't have to remove the tranny to do it.
> 
> >> However, you need to be a bit of an
> >>> acrobat.  It's hard to put both hands in
> >> there.  If you remove the front driver-side
> >>> wheel, you will be able to access the holding
> bolt
> >> with a long extension.  
> >>> The key will be not to break the bleeding
> nipple/fluid
> >> hose, they tend to be rusted
> >>> pretty solidly in place.  I replaced both
> master
> >> and slave a few years back, it took me
> >>> most of the day and a lot of swearing. 
> You may
> >> also need to reverse bleed it after, air
> >>> bubbles tend to persist in the coils for a
> long time.
> >>> Good luck;
> >>>
> >>> Radek
> >>>
> >>>> Message: 11
> >>> Date: Sat, 25 Jul 2009 10:18:05 -0700 (PDT)
> >>> From: Steve Meyer <quattroslm at yahoo.com>
> >>> Subject: pics of 90q tranny and slave
> cylinder
> >>> To: quattro at audifans.com
> >>> Message-ID: <890100.87983.qm at web54002.mail.re2.yahoo.com>
> >>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Hi,I'm needing pics of the tranny with the
> slave on
> >> the top to help in the replacement
> >>> of mine. Mine is a 1988 90q 10v. We'd rather
> not pull
> >> the whole tranny if we don't have
> >>> to.
> >>>
> >>> Thanks,
> >>> slm ]
> >>>
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