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

[Stott Hare]

I took a similar approach with mine.  I intercepted the wear indicator
circuit as it passes through connectors in the passenger A-pillar/footwell
junction blocks.  Provided the cluster side of that circuit with a nice
ground signal and never saw another pesky pad warning signal.  IIRC (this
was several years ago) the two halves of the circuit met in the orange
connector block.

-Stott

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[mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of Robert Myers
Sent: Sunday, November 08, 2009 2:29 PM
To: Calvin Craig
Cc: s-car-list at audifans.com; 'Audi 20V'
Subject: Re: [s-cars] pad wear indicator light on after brake job

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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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>Pro* 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
>
>
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>[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
>
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>[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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