Re: stuck brake caliper

[Todd Young <tyoung@wamnet.com>]

Stick an appropriately sized piece of wood in the caliper. This will absorb the
shock of the piston breaking free and will not allow the piston to go flying.

Rob Andrews wrote:

> Try just SLOWLY pressing the brake pedal and get the piston to come out a
> little bit.  Have a friend help watch other wise you will push this piston
> out of the caliper.  That should free it up if stuck, and then you should be
> able to get it back in.
>
> Later!
> ------------------------------------------------------------------
> Rob Andrews -- Dell Home Sales
> 1800-879-3355 x 47218 Rob_Andrews@Dell.com
> randrews@austin.rr.com
> 99 A4 2.8Q--too many toys to list...
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: C. Krafft <ckrafft@olg.com>
> To: <quattro@audifans.com>
> Sent: Friday, December 17, 1999 7:47 PM
> Subject: stuck brake caliper
>
> > Working on brakes on my 93 100  CSQW
> > Successfully removed calipers and rotors (after a fair amount of tapping).
> > Having a great deal of difficulty compressing the caliper to fit the new
> > pads in.  Tried my old tricks of using a C-clamp and even opening the
> bleed
> > valve.
> > No luck.
> > Wondering if there is some other thing or if the caliper is either
> cockeyed
> > or otherwise jammed.
> > Thanks
> > Charlie Krafft
> >

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