87 4K csq

[Kneale Brownson]

Your parking brake is not releasing.  Could be the cable, could be the
caliper needing rehabilitation.  

At 06:39 PM 9/10/2004 -0400, Garrett Zetocha wrote:
>hello,
>
>i'm a new subscriber and a new to the audi realm of automobiles.  i 
>purchased an '87 4K csq about a year ago -- it runs great and is in pretty 
>good physical condition with low miles (126K).
>
>i was wondering if anyone knows the problem/remedy for the following:
>
>a few months ago, i started to notice an oscillating noise coming from the 
>interior of the car at the  parking brake lever.    the sound would come and 
>go, however, as of 3 days ago, i've notice the d.s. rear wheel has heated up 
>tremendously even on short road trips to the point of smelling burnt metal.  
>today i noticed a high-pitch noise coming from that area of the car on the 
>outside.  the confusing part is that the symptoms/problem is coming from 
>only the driver's side.
>
>is this a bad rotor or caliper?  an issue with the parking brake and the 
>parking brake line?