[s-cars] Rear caliper carrier

[Tom Green]

I like Adirondack Auto Parts as well.  They carry much more than they
publish in the online catalog--or did until the new catalog hit the web.

FAP99 looks to have the best price for now and appear to have pins and
boots as well.

Tom

>
> Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2008 20:31:40 -0400
> From: "Tony Curran" <tony.curran at sympatico.ca>
> Subject: Re: [s-cars] **VL-JUNK**  RE:  Rear Caliper Carrier Bolt
> To: "'Jack Walker'" <jack at walkerperformancegroup.com>,	"'Sean
> 	Douglas'" <s_douglas at telus.net>,	"'Theodore Chen'"
> 	<tedebearp at yahoo.com>, "'Mike Fitton'" <rfitton at vt.edu>
> Cc: "'S-Car-List at Audifans.Com'" <s-car-list at audifans.com>
> Message-ID: <BLU0-SMTP24E70E2303083EECECC3C28A200 at phx.gbl>
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>
> 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