cv joint & calliper

[Grant Lenahan]

The snap ring sits in a groove in both the CV and the axel, and prevents it from moving ( as i recall, it been years)

Sounds like your parking brake mechanism is seizing... mine were stiff, but moved with (fairly strong) manual force.

Get the repair or service manual. That' step #1.

Grant
On Dec 17, 2011, at 1:03 PM, mike wrote:

> CV joint: the new one comes with a snap ring (like a circlip but without the ears), does that stop the joint going too far up the shaft or too far down? no bentley and can't see how  puller would work, what would you push against?
> 
> Calliper: Yep, got the tool which worked fine on the other side, on this side it rotated maybe 10 degrees and stopped, I put a bar on the handle of the tool and pushed & it broke
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> From: Grant Lenahan <glenahan at vfemail.net>
> To: mike <mikemk40 at yahoo.com> 
> Cc: "biturbos4 at audifans.com" <biturbos4 at audifans.com>; "quattro at audifans.com" <quattro at audifans.com> 
> Sent: Saturday, December 17, 2011 5:26 PM
> Subject: Re: cv joint & calliper
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> See comments below
> On Dec 17, 2011, at 11:44 AM, mike wrote:
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> > having discovered that the split & loose abs ring on the rear of my B5 S4 is part of the cv joint rather than a separate item a new joint has been sourced, anyone got any pointers as to how it comes off & goes back onto the driveshaft?
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> There may be a circlip, but in general they are driven off. You can also use a puller. Do you have bentley?
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> > 
> > along similar lines, whilst doing a disc and pad change I discovered the calliper piston won't rotate more than about 10 degrees,
> You must be talking rears?  They can be quite stiff.  Do you have the proper tool that pushes and turns at the same time? Without that tool, its often hopeless.
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> > it not seized as such because it still grips the disc when the brakes are applied but it won't push/screw back so new pads can be fitted. It has free movement for the 10 degrees but then goes solid,  I tried applying some force with the rewind tool and it broke the tool. I'm guessing some sort of internal unrepairable derangement but open to suggestions.                      
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