[s-cars] Rear brake caliper sticking

[Jason Mawhinney]

If you want another rebuild, you could go to Autozone.  I just bought a 
couple rebuilt calipers for my 5ktq on the cheap.  They come with a lifetime 
warranty so at least no worries about buying another.
Jason


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rich Assarabowski" <konecc at snet.net>
To: "S-Car-List" <s-car-list at audifans.com>
Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2005 9:15 AM
Subject: [s-cars] Rear brake caliper sticking


>  I'm having trouble with one of the rear brake calipers sticking, it
> works fine when cold, after a couple of hard stops it doesn't release all 
> the
> way.  Once it cools down completely it's OK again.  It's already been
> replaced once a couple of years ago with a rebuild.  I lubricate the hand 
> brake
> cam regularly, in fact it was lubed just a couple of months ago when new
> hand brake cables were installed.  So my suspicion is that it's the piston
> sticking.
>
> I guess it's time to put in another rebuilt caliper, anyone have a
> source for high quality rebuilds?  My feeling is most places just clean up
> calipers and pop in a new piston seal, without rehoning the cylinders, 
> measuring
> for tolerances, etc.   I don't want to keep doing this over and over...
> Or bite the bullet and put in a new one?
>
> -- Rich A.
>   '92 & '93 S4
>
>
>
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