[s-cars] RE: [BIRA] Brake Squeal

[Lee Levitt]

Gary writes:

>
> Does the BIRA kit you're referring to use the 996 monoblocks?

Yep.

> I had a squealing problem with these calipers, mounted on a
> different model Audi. The problem was the pad retention spring
> was slipping and rubbing against the outer edge of the rotor. A
> couple pieces of steel rod (I think it was 5/16")  brazed to the
> spring to keep it centered cured the problem.
>

I think there's a couple of different kind of retention systems on this
caliper. On mine, it's sort of an H-shaped piece of flat metal, held in
place by a large pin. On my buddy's 996, which I looked at only briefly, it
looked like an actual spring held the pads in.

I don't really see how the pad retention spring could rub on the rotor.

Oh, and by the way, since I put the outer dampers in, the squeal is *worse*.
Think I'll pull them all out and try again.

Lee
'95.5 S6 avant
'96 A6 quattro avant