[s-cars] **VL-JUNK** RE: Rear Caliper Carrier Bolt

[Tony Curran]

Jack,

German Auto Parts was the only place for S6 carriers (other than dealer) -
these are different to A6

http://www.germanautoparts.com/Audi/S6/Brake/354/1

Good service from these guys.

Tony

-----Original Message-----
From: Jack Walker [mailto:jack at walkerperformancegroup.com] 
Sent: October 30, 2008 5:53 PM
To: 'Tony Curran'; 'Sean Douglas'; 'Theodore Chen'; 'Mike Fitton'
Cc: 'S-Car-List at Audifans.Com'
Subject: RE: **VL-JUNK** RE: [s-cars] Rear Caliper Carrier Bolt


As you might have guessed I'm working on this in the garage right now! Tony,
thanks for the torques, I appreciate it. Don't have a Bentley! I should
write this down on the fricking caliper!

I've gotten the rear carriers off my car, and it looks like I'm gong to need
a replacement carrier, one had a frozen guide pin in it! Gotten it out, and
it's rough but works OK. So I went to my spare parts bin and pulled out the
calipers and carriers I've stashed. One of them has a frozen guide pin I
can't get out, and the other is rougher than the one on the car.

Best source to get another pair (new)? 
I'd like a backups with good guide pins! As I'm using the same setup on my
UrQ and the S6!

Jack Walker

-----Original Message-----
From: Tony Curran [mailto:tony.curran at sympatico.ca] 
Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2008 2:16 PM
To: 'Jack Walker'; 'Sean Douglas'; 'Theodore Chen'; 'Mike Fitton'
Cc: 'S-Car-List at Audifans.Com'
Subject: **VL-JUNK** RE: [s-cars] Rear Caliper Carrier Bolt

Jack,

Bentley says,

26ft lb or 35nm for the carrier to guide pin bolts
48ft lb or 65nm for carrier to strut assembly bolts

Tony
96 S6

-----Original Message-----
From: Jack Walker [mailto:jack at walkerperformancegroup.com] 
Sent: October 30, 2008 4:29 PM
To: 'Sean Douglas'; 'Theodore Chen'; 'Mike Fitton'; 'Tony Curran'
Cc: 'S-Car-List at Audifans.Com'
Subject: RE: [s-cars] Rear Caliper Carrier Bolt


So what are the torque specifications for all these bolts
Both the carrier to strut assembly and the caliper to guide pins

Jack Walker

-----Original Message-----
From: s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com
[mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of Sean Douglas
Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2008 10:15 AM
To: 'Theodore Chen'; 'Mike Fitton'; 'Tony Curran'
Cc: 'S-Car-List at Audifans.Com'
Subject: Re: [s-cars] Rear Caliper Carrier Bolt

Ted:

He is talking about the carrier bracket to hub bolts, they are a hex head
(allen) and are not fully threaded IIRC. BTW, I recommend buying new ones
from the dealer as quite often the hex recess is mangled up by inattentive
mechanics who don't seat the hex key properly.

The ones that attach the caliper to the sliding pin are M8x21 and is fully
threaded. These normally come with new brake pads and have locking compound
on them. Also, I recommend buying new rubber boots for the guide pins, these
are normally torn and will let moisture into the slide pin, causing it to
rust.

Sean

> -----Original Message-----
> From: s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com 
> [mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of Theodore Chen
> Sent: October 29, 2008 11:10 PM
> To: Mike Fitton; Tony Curran
> Cc: S-Car-List at Audifans.Com
> Subject: Re: [s-cars] Rear Caliper Carrier Bolt
> 
> 
> are those bolts completely threaded?  i've never touched the rear 
> calipers so i don't know if they use sliding pins to attach the 
> calipers to the carriers.  or are you talking about the bolts that 
> attach the caliper bracket to the spindle?
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ________________________________
> From: Mike Fitton <rfitton at vt.edu>
> To: Tony Curran <tony.curran at sympatico.ca>
> Cc: "S-Car-List at Audifans.Com" <s-car-list at audifans.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2008 6:57:55 PM
> Subject: Re: [s-cars] Rear Caliper Carrier Bolt
> 
> I made that mistake some time ago too.  You gotta read it in 
> German...convert commas to periods.
> 
> M10x1.25x50
> 
> 10mm wide, 1.25mm thread pitch, 50mm long.
> 
> -Cheers!
> Mike
> 
> Tony Curran wrote:
> > Hi folks,
> >  
> > I plan on replacing rear caliper carriers this weekend.
> When searching
> > ETKA for bolt size I get:
> >  
> > 10x1, 25x50.
> >  
> > I was expectation to see something like M10x25
> >  
> > Can someone explain what that means in Imperial or Metric?
> >  
> > Thanks
> >  
> > Tony
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