Re: 200q parking brake now brakes help more

["don & lori" <dell@pangea.ca>]

hi Fred

i did return the arm to the stop before popping it out.
if i rotate it to the original siezed position and try to
push it in it will not go back into the caliper.

this is the first time i have worked on any brakes
so i am definitely a novice.  do i need that 3131
tool to turn in the piston.   do i need to bleed the
brakes...

thanks
don


----- Original Message -----
From: Fred Munro <munrof@isys.ca>
To: don & lori <dell@pangea.ca>; <quattro@audifans.com>
Sent: Monday, September 06, 1999 7:34 PM
Subject: Re: 200q parking brake now brakes help more


> Hi Don;
>
>     You mentioned in an earlier post that your caliper e-brake arm was
> frozen 25mm away from the stop. Did you return it to the stop before
popping
> up the arm to clean it? I've never had one of the rear calipers apart, so
I
> don't know if popping the arm out 25 mm from the stop, rotating it to the
> stop, and popping it back in may put the internal mechanism out of sync.
If
> this is what happened, you could try reversing the process - pop the arm
out
> at the stop, rotate it to 25mm from the stop, and pop it back in. Just a
> guess here - I returned my arms to the stop before popping them out.
Perhaps
> a lister who has had these calipers apart can comment on the internal
> mechanism.
>
>     Operating the brakes with the arm that far off the stop may have put
the
> brake way out of adjustment. Try rotating the pistons into the caliper
until
> you have lots of clearance on the pads and then apply the brakes to set up
> the pad clearances. If you haven't already done so, clean the rust and
crud
> off the pad contact area on the carriers and lube with high temp brake
> grease.
>
> Let me know how you make out.
>
> Fred Munro
> '91 200q  281k km
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: don & lori <dell@pangea.ca>
> To: don & lori <dell@pangea.ca>; <quattro@audifans.com>
> Cc: Fred Munro <munrof@isys.ca>
> Sent: Monday, September 06, 1999 2:12 PM
> Subject: Re: 200q parking brake now brakes help more
>
>
> > figured out when i have the parking brake levers
> > on the caliper popped out 1/2 inch , ie for cleaning
> > brake turns freely.  as soon as i push them back
> > into the caliper, then disk becomes difficult to
> > turn freely.
> >
> > could something be happening when i push these
> > arms back into caliper, that is activating the
> > brake?
> >
> > don
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: don & lori <dell@pangea.ca>
> > To: <quattro@audifans.com>
> > Cc: Fred Munro <munrof@isys.ca>
> > Sent: Monday, September 06, 1999 11:42 AM
> > Subject: 200q parking brake now brakes help
> >
> >
> > > replaced my brake cable and freed up my
> > > parking brake lever arms on the caliper.
> > >
> > > lubed the guide pins and attached cable.
> > >
> > > have loosed the parking brake cable so
> > > that the both levers are on the stops.
> > >
> > > now the wheels are very difficult to turn.
> > > its like the brakes are dragging...
> > >
> > > any ideas?
> > >
> > > don
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>