[s-cars] Rear Calipers Seized My Day

[Fred Munro]

Yeah...what Jamu said :)

The write-up shows how to pop up the cam and expose the shaft. Note the
pitting on the shaft in the photo - a good example of a corroded shaft. Some
rebuilds just clean up the shafts and reinstall them, hence the pitting.
Needless to say, you don't get a good seal on a pitted shaft, so the clean
and lube becomes a regular routine if you want to keep the e-brakes working.

Fred

-----Original Message-----
From: James Murray (QA/EMC) [mailto:james.murray at ericsson.com]
Sent: June 26, 2006 12:07 PM
To: Sean Douglas; Fred Munro; s-car-list at audifans.com
Subject: RE: [s-cars] Rear Calipers Seized My Day



This might help... Curtsey Fred Munro:


http://www.s-cars.org/postnuke/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=art
icle&sid=149&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0

/Jamu.

-----Original Message-----
From: s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com
[mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of Sean Douglas
Sent: Monday, June 26, 2006 10:49 AM
To: 'Fred Munro'; s-car-list at audifans.com
Subject: Re: [s-cars] Rear Calipers Seized My Day



> I pop up the cam on the rebuilts to check the shaft for pitting. If
> the shaft is pitted, I show the parts guy and reject the caliper. At
> the most I've had to reject two before a new caliper showed up for the

> price of a rebuilt.

Fred:

I'm looking to buy some rebuilt calipers soon, can you elaborate on how
to check the shaft for pitting?

Thanks,

Sean

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