Rear brakes upgraded. It worked!!!
09-10-2003, 11:19 AM
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Rear brakes upgraded. It worked!!!
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I had a set of 200 calipers and carriers rebuilt and bought a new set of S4/S6 rotors. I believed they would bolt right on my urquattro and guess what? ... THEY DID! One reason this worked is the '85 has the new style e-brake cable, a retrofit would be required for pre-84 and some 84 urqs.
I have yet to do the other side, bleed the system and test it out, but I'm happy. If nothing else it's vented rear brakes. Good since I was blue-ing my old rotors pretty badly at the track. These calipers have a slightly larger piston diameter so my rear-bias problems should be helped if not fixed. I was locking up the inside rear wheel entering turns under braking (signature picture is evidence).
Heading to PIR (Portland) Friday to try things out!
Rich
I had a set of 200 calipers and carriers rebuilt and bought a new set of S4/S6 rotors. I believed they would bolt right on my urquattro and guess what? ... THEY DID! One reason this worked is the '85 has the new style e-brake cable, a retrofit would be required for pre-84 and some 84 urqs.
I have yet to do the other side, bleed the system and test it out, but I'm happy. If nothing else it's vented rear brakes. Good since I was blue-ing my old rotors pretty badly at the track. These calipers have a slightly larger piston diameter so my rear-bias problems should be helped if not fixed. I was locking up the inside rear wheel entering turns under braking (signature picture is evidence).
Heading to PIR (Portland) Friday to try things out!
Rich
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