[s-cars] Rear caliper rebuild process

[Richard Hoffman]

I love to rebuild brake calipers.  It's fun, easy, and saves a ton of cash. 
Except on Audi rear calipers.  The parking brake mechanism is so often at 
fault that I find it better to replace the calipers with remanufactured 
units.  I got a set of reman S6 calipers from Chris @ Force5auto for $100 
each and they included carrier.  I've seen them even cheaper.  The hassle of 
dealing with the e-brake function of the caliper is too much to deal with 
IMO.

The hydraulic side of these calipers is almost never at fault anyway so a 
rebuild will probably NOT fix the problem.  The key areas to look at are the 
sliders and the e-brake mechanism.

Just my $.02 and BTDTs
Richard
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "forrest bradshaw" <sola4est at yahoo.com>
To: "audifans" <s-car-list at audifans.com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2005 12:21 AM
Subject: [s-cars] Rear caliper rebuild process


>I have a rear caliper that is constantly rubbing, it killed my slotted 
>rotor all most to the point of not being able to feel the slots, I can hear 
>it grinding at slow speed without touching the brake.  This rebuild sounds 
>easy enough, is that all there is to fixing a stuck caliper?  will this 
>process fix my problem?  should I rebuild or replace?
> thanks
> Forrest
>
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