Date:         Thu, 22 Dec 2005 17:55:45 -0600
Reply-To:     John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET>
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From:         John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET>
Subject:      Re: Rear Disc Brakes?
Comments: To: mark drillock <drillock@EARTHLINK.NET>
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Interesting!~

But you are probably right......let the pro's make the kits. Stay out of
trouble that way. Plus the liability is on them.

John Rodgers
88 GL Driver

mark drillock wrote:

> Several people have made their own rear disc brake "kit" from Audi Turbo
> model 5000 or 200 rear brakes. The non-turbo Audi cars have the wrong
> lug bolt pattern so those rotors won't work but the calipers may be the
> same as the turbo models. With all the engineering involved in this it
> seems smart to pay the professionals at SmallCar for their efforts. The
> Audi rear calipers have a provision for a cable actuated parking brake
> so they are more suitable than many. Front calipers don't work on the
> rear for that reason.
>
> Mark
>
> John Rodgers wrote:
>
>> Tom,
>>
>> Would this mean perhaps, that one could locate the parts themselves and
>> do the rear brake thing, and maybe save a bit of money??
>>
>> John Rodgers
>> 88 GL Driver
>>
>> Tom Sinclair wrote:
>>
>>> What that means is the calipers were used on a car
>>> sold in the US--unlike the SA kits--so the pads and
>>> rotors are easy to get. My Smallcar rear disk kit came
>>> with Girling calipers and ATE rotors from an Audi 5000
>>> TQ stationwagon.
>>
>>
>
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