On the way to work this morning in the snow, the rear end of my GTI felt awfully loose around corners, so I figured something must be wrong back there. I stopped to see what was going on, and the left rear wheel was hot from the brake dragging. The actuator lever on the caliper was not fully released, so I manually released it, thinking that this temporary fix would at least release the brake and stop dragging. By the time I got it home, the wheel was hot again.
I pulled the wheel off, and tried to manually release the brake again, but there was still alot of drag. I pulled the ebrake cable off the lever, and the brake is still dragging, so it isn't caused by a binding ebrake cable. Does anyone know what the internal mechanism in these calipers looks like? If I pull the caliper off and push/turn the piston back in, would the self-adjusting mechanism fix things up? Or is the caliper junk and in need of a rebuild or replacement? Thanks -Ken '89 GTI 16v _____________ List Sponsor: http://www.netsville.com To remove yourself from this list, send mail to [email protected] with 'unsubscribe a2_16v' in the body of your message See us on the web at http://www.a2-16v.com Visit the 16V Homepage at http://www.gti16v.org
