hey hey,

so im planning on doing a brake job here this weekend to my 01 2.8 quattro. ive had her for about 8 months now, and absoluetly love the girl. ive done a few things to it myself, but havent really been down around the braking system before. most of my car knowledge was built up around old hondas, so im guessing this could hold a few surprises for me

im doing the rear pads for sure, cause theyre shot, and maybe the rear rotors, and then ima be doing the front pads as well.

just wondering if anyone has a walk through, or a DIY file for this, that may shed light to some of the surprises im guessing are gonna arise during this?

or any tips from anyone who has done it before, or anything like that.

 

You'll find some info here:

AudiWorld Tech Articles

 

schweet, thanks man, i knew i had seen the write up before i just thought it was on here, not audiworld

cheers,

Cory

 

i would wish you luck but breaks are very simple to do on our cars. If your going to change the rotors i would suggest looking at places like tirerack for aftermarket slotted rotors. They will end up costing you the same if not less then what the dealership rotors would cost you.

 

one word , ELSA

 

You may need the special tool that turns the rear rotor pistons with pressing inward to make room for the new pads.

Installing new pads and rotors may overflow the reservoir so be prepared to remove a bit of fluid if needed.

Consider flushing the brake fluid as Audi recommends every two years regardless of mileage.

 

A c-clamp does the job well to compress the rear calipers

 

I wouldn't or one would likely be spending alot of time and money replacing damaged rear calipers.

Notes :: Brake Caliper Piston Tool

 

I recently did the rear brakes on my B6 and a C Clamp would not have worked to compress the piston, as the piston screws back into the caliper and therefore you need a tool that pushes and turns the piston back into place. Canadian Tire comes in very handy for this as they have a good quality Universal caliper tool available in their rent-a-tool program, although I did need to try 1/2 a dozen CT's before I found one that had it in. The other thing I ran into which I haven't heard of being an issue on B5's but I'll throw it out there any way, was that the clearence for one of the hex bolts was very tight and I ended up having to grind it down in order to have it fit. I used the Audiworld article as well and it was an excellent reference.
Cheers.

Oh; one last thing, if you change the rotors don't be surprised to find that they have frozen (rusted) onto the hub. I had to use my trusty 5lb sledge more than I would have liked before they popped right off....

 

K i know the c-clamp isnt the right tool but it will work especailly if your doing the brakes at night and nothing is open to get the right tool what i ended up doing is i tightned the clamp on turned the caliper piston with pliers a little bit then retightned the clamp and just kept tightnetning it and the c-clam pushed and turned the piston in at the same time you just have to do it slowly and carefully.