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Thought it would best to start a new thread, should i wind the caliper piston back in before replacing these??? or is it ok just to plug and play with the new cables and adjust on the yolk?? My understanding of the caliper is that hand brake mech inside is set in relation to how the pads wear??? the pads are only 2k miles old.
Oh whatt fun did i have yesterday doing the handbrake cables, that has to be one of the worst jobs i have done for many a year on a car. Took me 5 and half hours!!!!!!!!!!!!! there is extremely limited access to the adjusting yolk making it very difficult to get the new cables hooked on, the left side was the worst, the main problem is that audi in their wisdom decided to bolt on some kind of strengthening plate (for want of a better description) accross the 2 sides of the trannie tunnel, taking that off improved things a little but then there is metal that it bolts onto getting in the way.
Handbrake is better now and the old cables were pretty nasty, very stiff, i haven't though got much adjustment left even with the new cables, i have a feeling it's the dreaded rear caliper syndrome that afflicts older cars, my fuel lines don't look too great either quite badly corroded.
The worst part of the job i found was getting the exhaust off, then removed the prop and heat shields and presto mint access. The lot took about 2 hours, but doing it with the prop in place is a mare and i could see why it took 5.5 hrs, prop is only held in with 6 or 8 bolts at either end and 2 on the center bearing, then it just falls off.
Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.--:Albert Einstein
The only way to improve access would have been to drop the prop off the rear diff, that would have given me an inch or 2 more to play with, but then that would have been difficult to get to all the bolts holding it on, not able to rotate it as the car was up on drive on ramps. The funny thing was i pretty close to throwing in the towel, hot tired filthy, and decided to give it one last go to get the right side cable on the yolk, i did it with my eyes closed trying to imagine it going on, and it did.
Never again, next time i will pay someone to do it.
don't believe it Andy, its not that bad IME.
drop the exhaust centre section at the rear end and the centre head shield, take the yolk completely off the pull rod and attach the cable eyelets, then its a piece of pi55 to thread the yolk back on the pull rod and away you go
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