[V8] Dealer brake saga

[Daniel Hussey]

Talk to the service advisor and wee if they will re-do the job and ask to
talk to Phi (sounds like Fee).  I think he may be the master tech at
University.  Either way, he's very good.  He also will talk to the customer
and find out what's going in.  I don't know who this kid was who did the
work, but UVAS service is usually really good.

Later,
Dan

----- Original Message -----
From: <dsaad at icehouse.net>
To: <v8 at audifans.com>
Sent: Monday, April 18, 2005 6:49 AM
Subject: Re: [V8] Dealer brake saga


> If the shroud was not installed properly, and the required bolts were not
> replaced, I think you are completly justified in asking them to re-do the
job
> with new parts and a master tech.
> Get ready for them to mysteriously find more expensive worn out parts
though.
> Your next question of course will be WTF did you not find this the first
time?
> You can also bet nothing was torqued to spec. In lots of cases, the
factory
> specifies a torque for a good reason. In this case, they may be accounting
for
> heat expansion or something.
>
> If you are really having warping issues, maybe the caliper is hanging up
> somehow? Maybe there is some other suspension component that is worn out
causing
> a brake shimmy?
> My rotors (UFO) were used when I got the car 60K miles ago and are still
fine. I
> recently replaced the pads with no issues too. I did not turn the rotors
either.
> They are not flat - there are some small wear ridges and such but the car
stops
> straight and true.
> In fact, I don't turn rotors anymore unless there has been damage - and
then I
> would probably just replace it.
>
> Dave
>
>
> Quoting Tom La Plante <toml99 at comcast.net>:
>
> > Howdy,,,well I took the car(90 v8) to University Audi in Seattle to have
> > front brakes/rotors done.  They sold the rotors for $189/each which made
me
> > momentarily forget my fear of dealers.  They let the "new kid" (looked
18) do
> > the brakes and he told me "never seen anything like that".  Got home and
had
> > to pull a wheel off to bend the metal shroud that was rubbing on the
rotor,
> > and noticed the brake hoses had cracks on them.  The 2 self locking
bolts
> > that my service manual says must be replaced weren't.  After 1000 mile
road
> > trip, the rotors appear to be more warped than the ones they replaced.
The
> > car has 77,000 currently and this is the 4th set of
rotors/calipers(warranty)
> > in the cars brief time on the road.  Question...Is there any other
reason
> > that the rotors would repeatedly warp?  I noticed that the outer pad was
> > slightly more worn than the inside on the old pads, but they didn't
appear to
> > be dragging.  If the Disservice desk ever calls me back, and they agree
to do
> > something about this, I just wanted to bring up any other issue related
to
> > this warping....Sorry that was so long....Sincerely Tom La Plante
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