Rear Calipers

[AudiA8Quattro]

The rear-right hand side was missing the tabbed washer that goes between the outer bearing and the retaining nut.  Don't ask me why, but it was never there - which explains why the split pin didn't actually sit inside any of the recesses of the castelleted nut.   Lucky it was on the right-hand side I guess, as the spinning wheel would have just tightened up the nut if anything.

Now, where can I get a new tabbed washer - if it's even supposed to have one on the right-hand side?  VW say it comes in their wheel-bearing kits, but they're £26+vat each. 

Does the GSF wheel-bearing kit come with the tabbed washer?

I would of thought you would be able to pick up a washer from the scrapyard 

[rubjonny]

you'll want to check your slider pins on the carriers as well, pull all 4 out and give them and the holes a damn good clean. if anything looks pitted or rusty, replace them. MK3 carriers will fit a MK2, but it can be a mare to get the old ones off!

[fishnchipsx2]

Yeah I picked up the carriers from the scrappies with the calipers, although they don't seem much better than my original ones anyway tbh.

It looks to me like scrapyard might be the best way to go for the tabbed washer.  Problem is, I have no way of getting there. 

Last resort is assemble it with a non-tabbed washer, drive to scrappies, sort it out.  It's obviously had no washer at all since I bought it last year, 10,000 miles ago.... 

[rubjonny]

vag part number if it helps:
311 405 661 - 1.19+VAT