[urq] Bleeding urq rear calipers?

[Ingo Rautenberg]

Hmm.  I'm puzzled as well.  Both my '83 and '84 have traditional Audi  
rear caliper setups with brake bleeder screws.  The only difference  
between the two was the attachment point of the parking brake cable.

Ingo

On Jun 2, 2006, at 8:41 AM, fdekat wrote:

> Hello All:
>
> I'm planning on doing some brake work on the urq (replacing the master
> cylinder, as it drags the brakes when hot), but I can't find ANY  
> bleeders on
> the rear calipers...???
>
>
> To indentify the calipers:
>
> The calipers are NOT the 4kq style.
>
> The calipers have a 'banjo bolt' adapter on the caliper end of the  
> flex line,
> that connects the line to the caliper.
>
> The car has two separate parking brake cables, and the last 6" or  
> so at the
> caliper end of the cables is rigid pipe, with kind of a 's' curve  
> in them, to
> move the cables lower down. THat's kind of weird in itself..
>
>
> Is it possible that you are supposed to bleed them at the fitting  
> onto the
> caliper, or am I missing something? (Like two broken off and well  
> hidden
> bleed screws? :-)
>
> Any thoughts, as I'm puzzled..!
>
> -Frank de Kat-
>
>
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