[s-cars] Rear Calipers Seized My Day

[Douglas Fifield]

All,

Just picked up my replacement cables to return my ebrakes to "full
release" status.  Will let you know how the job goes.  Plan to do it
over the Fourth with a V8 diff swap.

D.

On 6/26/06, Fred Munro <munrof at sympatico.ca> wrote:
> 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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Douglas in MN
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