Re: Ya'll Can't Get Rid of Me...

["Les Lampman" <llampman@islander.whidbey.net>]

  Hah! Not nec. so, as the song sayeth.  If installed properly, real 
PITA, but you gotta do it. Clean, install, torque, meas. runout, 
rotate a hole, retorque, ad infinitum till you get em all, etc. All 
in the book.  Most mechanics I've watched won't do it. And if he even 
gets close to the front end of the V8 with an air wrench shoot him.
     I use my UFO's hard--no track, but lotsa mountain pass heavy 
braking stuff. You can read a book at midnight from the glow... no 
warp. Had a slight vib. early on... mech told me to do three or four 
80 to zero heavy stops... vib. went away and never came back. YMMV 
for sure, but I've got almost 45K on the pads now (about 40 percent 
left). UFO rebuilds about 300 bucks ea., so if you have to replace em 
suspect about a grand for the front... I've heard quotes of up to two 
grand, but that's a rip...  OTOH, there are a lot more qlisters that 
hate the UFO's than love em, so I'm in a minority... 
     If it makes you feel better, the maintenance on the V8 has been 
lower than any of the 18 years worth of Audis I've been driving... 
and a whole lot better than the 5 BMW's.  The potential for extremely 
high maintenance costs is there tho, so preventative maintenance is a 
must. Love the car!

HTH
Les
Whidbey Island
Mud, rain, slides, mud, rain, slides... but no snow. 



>come and than get worked up! any strange vibration from your front end? not
> yet? damm, wait, it will come!!
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