Audi Coupe Quattro Brakes and Fleix Pipes

[Martc]

3 Questions around brakes:

1. About to set about changing all 4 flexi pipes on the CQ as I had an advisary on the MOT last year. Anything I should be aware of tackling the job or is it fairly straight forwards to do?

2. The car had brand new discs and pads all round about 4-5 years ago, and has done about 5000 miles since and they are squeeling a fair bit when braking, anything I should be looking out for, or is it a case of taking out the pads, re-applying some cooper slip and see what happens (the discs don't look scored)

3. If I go about taking the brakes apart to check, whats the procedure for winding back the calipers, its a straight push in or do you have to wind in the cylinder, if so do I need a special tool to do so?

Thanks!

[amanda]

Originally Posted by Martc

3 Questions around brakes:

1. About to set about changing all 4 flexi pipes on the CQ as I had an advisary on the MOT last year. Anything I should be aware of tackling the job or is it fairly straight forwards to do?


Have you got the flexi pipes? if you haven't they are now NLA IRRC


2. The car had brand new discs and pads all round about 4-5 years ago, and has done about 5000 miles since and they are squeeling a fair bit when braking, anything I should be looking out for, or is it a case of taking out the pads, re-applying some cooper slip and see what happens (the discs don't look scored)


Hmmmmmm rust/scoring may mean you need new ones...................fingers crossed you dont




3. If I go about taking the brakes apart to check, whats the procedure for winding back the calipers, its a straight push in or do you have to wind in the cylinder, if so do I need a special tool to do so?


No Idea sorry I pay the garage to do this
Thanks!

HTH

[Martc]

Good news is the flexi pipes are not NLA from Audi about £16 + vat

Disks don't looked scored, in fact they don't even look worn!

[amanda]

Excellent the urq's ones are mine are reduced to copper piping now!

[Martc]

Originally Posted by amanda

Excellent the urq's ones are mine are reduced to copper piping now!

Your flexi hoses are copper??? How do they 'flex' ? lol

[steveb]

Pete does the hoses for the ur i got some rears from him this week

The rear calipers need to be wound back in, when you have fitted the pads push the footbrake down a few times to move the pads out BEFORE applying the handbrake

copperslip should stop the brakes squeeling

[gabriel.oconnell]

hi martc i done this to my quattro ur last year thay are wind back but , the brakes where shot so it was new aero quip hoses all round, 2 new back brake caliber ,new disc all round, new pads all round also new brake fluid all round yes expensive but worth it in the end ,good luck with the job my friend

[20vcqdriver]

Originally Posted by Martc

3 Questions around brakes:

1. About to set about changing all 4 flexi pipes on the CQ as I had an advisary on the MOT last year. Anything I should be aware of tackling the job or is it fairly straight forwards to do?

2. The car had brand new discs and pads all round about 4-5 years ago, and has done about 5000 miles since and they are squeeling a fair bit when braking, anything I should be looking out for, or is it a case of taking out the pads, re-applying some cooper slip and see what happens (the discs don't look scored)

3. If I go about taking the brakes apart to check, whats the procedure for winding back the calipers, its a straight push in or do you have to wind in the cylinder, if so do I need a special tool to do so?

Thanks!

1. As mentioned, be careful on initial turning that the pipe doesn't turn with the securing nut, other than thet not a big job, bleeding the brakes afterwards sometimes a pain though.

2. Squeling brakes: try doing a few emergency stops from 70mph. Might be that the pads have got shined up after only light use.

3. As stated only need wind back tool for rear brakes. Once refitted and brake pedal pumped a few times keep the pedal pressed whilst yanking up the handbrake a dozen times to set the adjuster correctly.

Good luck

[Martc]

Originally Posted by 20vcqdriver

1. As mentioned, be careful on initial turning that the pipe doesn't turn with the securing nut, other than thet not a big job, bleeding the brakes afterwards sometimes a pain though.

2. Squeling brakes: try doing a few emergency stops from 70mph. Might be that the pads have got shined up after only light use.

3. As stated only need wind back tool for rear brakes. Once refitted and brake pedal pumped a few times keep the pedal pressed whilst yanking up the handbrake a dozen times to set the adjuster correctly.

Good luck

Cheers thanks for all of the useful info, especially about pumping the brake pedal and yanking the hand brake and cutting the pipe certainly helped getting the old flexis off. Well glad to say the job is now done and the brakes work and no squeeling Used high temp brake greese this time instead of cooper slip. My rear calipers were also seezed up, now everything appears to working as expected

Nige thanks for the offer of the loan of the wind back took, luckily I had a 12mm allen key so all was good!

All I have to do is get the new bushes put into the anti roll bar, and fingers crossed for the MOT on Saturday

Nige thanks for the

[Nigel Conniford]

just spent two hours serching for it, found it and now you don't need it

No worries really mate, glad you got it sorted