Hi Ben, To see the Audi 5000S / 100 / 200 stuff on my TriStar see: http://syncro.ca/tech/audibrakes.htm

Pretty straight forward install - basic machine shop skills needed.

I know somewhere online there must be a brake catalog that shows the offsets of various disc brakes. All I know is they are car brakes, which MB makes a lot of cars so...

David Marshall

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On Wed, June 4, 2008 18:54, BenT Syncro wrote: > On 6/4/08, David Marshall <mailinglist@fastforward.ca> wrote: >> >> Well, I have the 276mm dual pot Audi brakes on my TriStar - cross >> drilled >> and slotted and the stopping power is pretty good but there is always >> room >> for improvement. >> >> I have seen somewhere in Germany people using >> the same Audi 5000S / 100 / 200 brake carrier and caliper with a 303mm >> Mercedes disc that didn't require the use of an 8mm spacer and the pads >> don't go off the top of the disc like they do on my TriStar (just... but >> the do). Does anyone know what model of MB has 303mm 5x112 discs >> that have 8mm more offset than the Audi 5000S / 100 / 200 disc - time to >> upgrade the brakes on my Syncro Westie as I had *smoke* coming off of >> the >> going in to Pemberton over the weekend... not a nice feeling when you >> have >> no brakes - especially with a trailer and four 44" tall tires in the >> trailer pushing you along. >> >> David Marshall > > I've been trying to get Rennie Wibble to try to find one out of the VAG > parts bins. He redrilled my > Audi dual-piston calipers but installation on my Syncro 16 requires a > larger > 300mm disc. > Sounds like 303 would be almost perfect. I was thinking initially to > turndown the 312mm. > Then I thought perhaps there is are VW or Audi discs which might fit. I am > not adverse to > using MB parts if you figure out which is which. > > I'm wondering how you propose to install the Audi calipers with the Syncro > (14") suspension > upright. > > BenT