cv joint & calliper

[brian hoeft]

Mike, you have a few issues to be aware of, as it sounds from reading your
post. Your caliper can be "seized" and still foot (hydraulic) brake
moderately well, and probably suck e-brake wise, even if *you* don't
notice. Replace it or get it to turn in are your options there. Is not
replacing the pads until you have time an option? Could try turning it back
and forth till it frees.

I'm thinking you're not fully tooled with a shop, lift, vise, press(es),
etc. at your disposal?

I'm also thinking you haven't touched the suspension as well? do you care
about an alignment? your timeline doesn't suggest it.

If you are planning on just replacing the outer CV while inner stays in the
diff flange, you're going to have to split rear suspension parts that could
(besides fail) either need to be kept in orientation(eccentric bolt) or
risk alignment and need to be tightened while weighted (measure hub to arch
as is on the road)..

Once the spindles out of the hub you can use the bolt to start driving the
CV off the shaft, but will probably need a dowel or something as a spacer
to finish the task. I wouldn't want to hammer the CV back on while in
place, but if you do I would suggest the heaviest smallest like a mini
sledge so you don't have to swing so fast, and use some wood. Keep the CV
straight when it goes on or your gonna have have a bad time.








On Sat, Dec 17, 2011 at 11:44 AM, mike <mikemk40 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> 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?
>
> along similar lines, whilst doing a disc and pad change I discovered the
> calliper piston won't rotate more than about 10 degrees, 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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