Re: 90Q Rear Brakes

[quk@isham-research.demon.co.uk (Phil Payne)]

In message <8525679E.0053FBAA.00@pmcnotes.pmcom.com> bgregory@pmc-mail.com writes:

> Thanks for your fast response.  However, I do not know what a Sealy cube
> is, or where one could obtain one.  Please respond to the Quattro list, as
> I am sure someone else is naively planning to spend an hour soon to replace
> these pads and therefore setting him/herself up for a rude shock as I did
> this weekend.

I think someone has already posted a list of places where you might get
one.  It's called a "Sealey" cube, I think - my spelling's never great
in the early morning.

There's a crude picture of my efforts at:

  http://www.isham-research.freeserve.co.uk/quattro/sealey.jpg

Oh - did I mention I was putting up a web site?

> Upon further review of the Bentley Manual (unfortunately for me, I only
> have one for the 4000Q - may have known about the bloody notches in advance
> with more intelligence), I cannot fathom why the piston has to be rotated
> (and only clockwise!) when it is a smooth cylinder with seals just like the
> front pistons.

You're actually backing off the automatic handbrake adjustment.

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 Phil Payne
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