Re: Girling Guide pins(Dan Hussey was right)

["Fred Munro" <munrof@isys.ca>]

-----Original Message-----
From: Phil Payne <quk@isham-research.demon.co.uk>
To: tyoung@wamnet.com <tyoung@wamnet.com>
Cc: quattro@coimbra.ans.net <quattro@coimbra.ans.net>
Date: Friday, September 11, 1998 4:22 PM
Subject: Re: Girling Guide pins(Dan Hussey was right)


>In message <35F969E9.13118A3A@wamnet.com> Todd Young writes:
>
>> I need at least one guide pin for my Girling brakes, haven't checked the
>> other side yet. So I did a little search of the local parts stores. Dan
>> Hussey nailed right on the head back in July when he stated that the
>> only way to get these pins is to either get a rebuilt caliper or go to a
>> junkyard.
>
>Bollocks.  I just ordered new guide pins right at the Audi dealer.
>
>If there's ever any part from a well-known manufacturer that you strongly
>suspect is being suppressed by a local agent because it's too much effort
>or not enough profit margin, our Pete Reeve can usually get it.  He has
>a trade account right at the Girling factory.
>
>--
> Phil Payne


Phil;

    Do you have the part number for these pins? I tried to get them from the
local Audi dealer several years ago, but he couldn't find a listing for
them.
    I ended up restoring my old pins, but it would be worthwhile ensuring
they were available locally.

Fred Munro
'91 200q  257k km