absolutcq20v

BTDT the one time I used the pin: hammer the flathead into the plastic and unscrew it. Good luck.

I never use those pins...had Audis so long I know how to keep the wheel on while I reach for a lug bolt. :P

GDawgA4

you can easily turn the guide back out.

Press

as far as the "ladies aid" is concerned, use a flat head screwdriver and slowly remove it....when i use the "ladies aid" i only turn it a few times, did you screw it in all the way or something? the last time it broke, i was able to remove it in about a minute....good luck

JAGMAJ

Usually, I don't put it in all the way, but I remember thinking that I shouldn't be so lazy this time, so I tightened it snug. Unless I get a metal version, that's the last time I'll ever do that. The thing resisted all attempts to unscrew it using screwdrivers, etc.

JAGMAJ

Being relatively new to the car, I've never removed the entire wheel assembly yet-- I assume that the lug holes are open all the way through the back. In any event, that means that I'll have to mess with that damn retaining wire again, which raises one of my original questions-- Is there a better way of putting the wire back on the newer calipers? I think this is definitely going to break my record for longest brake pad change.

Press

like everything else, you need to be careful, which i'm sure you'll be in the future

squidix9

Yes, they are open to the back. and actually once the rotor is off, hammering them through the hubs should be fairly easy, even from the front.

JAGMAJ

I wouldn't normally resort to a "ladies' aid," given that I'm a relatively young Army officer, but I had the top third of my left femur replaced with a titanium shaft due to bone cancer and am bouncing back after nine months of chemotherapy, so my lifting ability is less than it used to be. Combined with the fact that my rotor was spinning, putting the wheel back on without the ladies' aid was not fun for me. Unless I can find a metal version, however, I'm not sure that I'll be using the plastic guide again anyway, especially since I was fairly careful putting the wheel back on this time. I just missed the hole and it snapped off.

Boston Driver

...it is about $17. Linky below...<ul><li><a href="http://www.ecstuning.com/stage/edpd/pagebuild_v2.cgi?make=Audi&amp;engine=4.2&amp;mode l=C5%20A6&amp;submodel=Quattro&amp;category=Genera l%20Purpose&amp;subcategory=Tools">ECS Tuning (scroll about halfway down)</a></li></ul>

LuvnhatemyA6

This is the only car I've ever owned that's not had one, leaving the brake disc spinning and making wheel installation at night a nightmare.

Then they invent a stupid tool instead, that get's stuck. Typical Audi.