RE: rear caliper won't come off disk

["Tracy, Peter" <pgt@novelmail.ekbos.com>]

On Saturday, May 04, 1996 2:57 PM, quattro-owner wrote:

>> From: RELAYER@aol.com
>> Date: Sat, 4 May 1996 13:44:53 -0400
>> Subject: rear caliper won't come off disk
>>
>> Hey fellow Q men,
>>
>>  I've having trouble with my Coupe Q's rear brake pad replacement.
>> I cant get the caliper and pads off of the disk once I've undone the 2   
allen
>> screws that hold the caliper to the hub.  I've got a small lip on the   
outer
>> edge of my disk and can't slide the pads off past it......and there's   
no
>> place to use a C clamp to expand it.  Let me know if anyone has any   
ideas or
>> solutions to  get the caliper and pads off the disk....
>> Thanks
>>
>> Christian Long
>> 1990 90
>> 1990 Coupe Q
>>

Perhaps you can stick a screw driver between the pads and caliper and use   
it to pry the caliper piston into caliper by pushing on the pads.