[s-cars] Help: Right Rear Caliper Problems

[A Ma]

Hi Dave,

It could be a seized guide pin, seized e-brake cable or seized e-brake cam - 
my 93 came with all three. My advice if you've never had anything to do with 
the above is to have them addressed all at once. If one isn't an issue now, 
it probably will be since you're in Vancouver with nicely salted roads. The 
seized guide pin & e-brake cam is addressed w/ a rebuilt rear caliper 
~$130ea w/ core charge & e-brake cables will run about $120 for both. I've 
done the seasonal fix of re-lubing the guide pins & un-seizing the e-brake 
cams each fall (I changed both e-brake cables first) and can honestly say 
that changing the calipers was faster & easier than the seasonal fix.

hth,
Alvin 93S4

>From: Dave Forgie <forgied at direct.ca>
>To: s-car-list at audifans.com
>Subject: [s-cars] Help: Right Rear Caliper Problems
>Date: Tue, 06 Jan 2004 14:42:32 -0800
>
>I just discovered that my right rear caliper seems to be partially stuck
>on. (Wheel is warm and I can smell a phenolic odour from the pads).  It
>is about -5 deg. C and snowing.  I thought the car was slowing rather
>quickly with "no" brakes and the clutch in.
>
>I presume that either it is an emergency brake cable issue or a caliper
>piston.  What is the usual/quickest diagnostic procedure?
>
>Dave F.
>
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