RE: More V8 Questions...

[John Karasaki <johkar@teleport.com>]

At 12:49 PM 3/1/96 -0800, you wrote:

>What I'm planning to do about my "new" (to me) 91 200qw is to go to Audi
>and ask nicely (and then yell :-) for an Audi sponsored upgrade to the
>new parts, since I have the receipts for the last brake job at 26K miles
>and it's now at 48K miles with warped rotors that give the car a slight
>jiggle when braking lightly at exactly 55mph. Sounds like a shoe-in to
>me :-)
>
A friend of mine in Seattle has a 200Q with the internal caliper brakes.
When he feels the slight jiggle when braking, he finds a long, straight
stretch of road and does a few quick 80+ mph to zero very hard stops.  This
"straightens" the problem right out.

I did the same this past weekend with my TQC when I was out at PIR with the
Alfa group.  The rotors had a bad "jiggle" (fairly new rotors, too).  A few
120+ mph to 50 mph hard braking moves and poof, no more jiggle.

Good Luck.

Regards,

John Karasaki

The Karasaki's, proud owners of AUDI automobiles

1981 Coupe
1982 TQC
1984 5000S Wagon
1990 V8