[V8] Super Low Mile 5K

[cobram at juno.com]

Audi's wheels at the time were a bit on the soft side, and if not torqued
properly would (will still) cause the rotor to be out of true and wear
unevenly, causing problems.  It wasn't a manufacturing defect, the techs
were putting the wheels on with air guns to beat the tight warranty book
times and not torqueing the wheel studs correctly.  Audi told them to
torque all wheels and threw a few more minutes for the procedure in their
warranty allotment.  

That would be my guess, it's the only front brake issue I remember.

Torque sticks are almost universally used in all repair shops now.

BCNU,
Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes.

"Roger M. Woodbury" <rmwoodbury at fairpoint.net> writes:
> That was what I understood.  I wonder what the issue was with the 
> brakes on 
> that car.  I was told at the time Audi replaced a "lot" of 5000 
> brakes due 
> to "rotor problems".  There was absolutely no question with the 
> brake 
> replacement job either, which tends to indicate something seriously 
> was 
> amiss perhaps in that one year only.
> 
> Roger
> 
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: cobram at juno.com
> 
> UFO Brakes were only used on the 1991 200TQ 20V and the 1990 and '91 
> V8Q.
> 
> 
> '85 type 44's had the same front brakes as every other 5K through 
> the
> model life.
> 
> BCNU,
> Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes.
> 
> "Roger M. Woodbury" <rmwoodbury at fairpoint.net> writes:
> 
> > I was wondering if anyone here knows what kind of front brakes the
> > ?85 5000?s had.  I wondered if they might be UFO?s.  Audi 
> put
> > new front brakes on our car under warranty, under 15,000 miles I