[s-cars] pad wear indicator light on after brake job

[Brian Armstead]

Many thanks Bob!  The light is driving me crazy!!!

Brian

Robert Myers wrote:
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> (On my 1995.5 urS6) With a little help from Dave Forgie I found a 
> brown wire with a green stripe leaving (from the Pin 6 position), 
> going to the T26 green instrument cluster connector. Goes into Pin 6 
> of the the green 26 pin connector at the rear of the instrument 
> cluster and then into the instrument cluster printed circuit.  Inside 
> the green connector install a jumper between the brown ground line 
> and the brown/green signal line from the brake circuit.  This will 
> eliminate the brake wear test circuit completely and turn off the 
> annoying lights.  This also means that you will have to check the 
> pads every now and then to take over the wear sensing duties yourself.
>
> Bob
>
>
> At 12:14 PM 11/8/2009, Calvin Craig wrote:
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>> I have had this happen to me recently on my 2001 S4 and I had it happen on
>> my '92 as well even when I short the plugs together by twisting the wires it
>> still indicates worn brakes.  There is some weak point in the system design,
>> that has persisted for 10 years, that allows this to happen.  I would love
>> to know where it is!
>> --Calvin
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com
>> [mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com]On Behalf Of Tony Curran
>> Sent: Sunday, November 08, 2009 8:46 AM
>> To: theringmeister at triad.rr.com; s-car-list at audifans.com; 'Audi 20V'
>> Subject: Re: [s-cars] pad wear indicator light on after brake job
>>
>>
>> The cut that means you never have to worry about the wear indicator again :)
>>
>> Tony
>> 96 S6
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com
>> [mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of Wylie Bean
>> Sent: November 8, 2009 12:11 AM
>> To: s-car-list at audifans.com; Audi 20V
>> Subject: [s-cars] pad wear indicator light on after brake job
>>
>> On my 92Ur-S
>> Had to splice old connectors onto new pads b/c new pads had wrong
>> connectors. Tried 2 different brands...PBRs from CarQuest (WorldPac) which
>> didn't even have threads in the holes for the retaining clips, and
>> eventually found one set @ Advance (Wagner/Federal Mogul) that at least had
>> threaded holes in the backing plates.
>> In splicing, I soldered the wires.
>> Bad idea?  Don't see how it was as long as the circuit is continuous, but I
>> have the pad warning light.
>> Aside from cleaning connections @ the plug, anything I missed?
>>
>> Wylie Bean
>> TheRingmeister at triad.rr.com
>> 90 cq
>> 91 90q20v
>> 92 UrS4
>> 08 Q7 3.6
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