Re: quattro-digest V4 #1578

[ptimmerm@mashtun.JPL.NASA.GOV]

>> One of my ebrake cables doesn't actuate the mechanism anymore. Any reason
>> for this? I've heard once before that with age, the Audi cables go bad.
>> Why? How do I go about fixing this?

>The pivots on the brake calipers that the cable pulls on also
>get old and frozen. See if you can move it by hand. If not,
>you need a whole new GD caliper!

I have done a rebuild of the rear caliper, fixing the sticking problem.
It required pulling off the rear access hole, and a bolt broke in the
process, but it was cheaper than a new caliper.

There is one other area to look at.  This time of year with thawing road
snow, lots of water is splashed around under the car and can get 
tinto the ebrake cable, especially from the caliper end, if the boot
rots off.  Then you ice, then rust, then shreds.  I say do them both
at the same time and get all the gremlins.

paul timmerman