[Vwdiesel] Who has rear brake drums turned?

[Nate Wall]

I'm thinking about replacing the rear brakes on the Jetta. They've been on there
at least 8 years, and I suspect leaky wheel cylinders, so I might as well do the
brakes too. The car still stops nice and smooth, so the drums probally are not
out-of-round. Who here just sands lightly and puts in new shoes? Last time I did
the rear brakes I had the drums turned for about $16 each and had to wait three
hours for them. Maybe this is a moot question. The may be out of spec anyway. I
guess I should at least have them miced.

_nate

Nate Wall wrote:

> How much did the custom exhaust work cost at the muffler wshop?
>
> --Nate
>
> dieseltdi at earthlink.net wrote:
>
> > Went to the muffler shop today and had the stock exhaust system replaced.
> > Measured the inside diameter of the stock inlet to the muffler 11/2"!  We
> > took off all of the pipe from the cat back and took out that hideous
> > resonator and muffler.  He then fitted 2 1/2" pipe to the back with a Thrush
> > turbo muffler in the position of the rear muffler.  Fabricated a 2 1/2"
> > downturned tail pipe and viola!  Started the car and there is absolutely no
> > difference in the noise level!  The may be a little more resonance at idle
> > but nothing that is bothersome.  EGT seems to rise more slowly and is
> > running at least 50-75 degrees F below where it did before at normal highway
> > speeds.  Let my engine breathe!  I can feel the difference in the seat of
> > the pants as the turbo now spools up much faster.  It has also stopped
> > making the whining sound that it use to make on spool up.  Now, those of you
> > with TDIs using cone filters, do you use the one for the 2.0 and just make a
> > vacum outlet for the vacum hose connected to the air box?  Let me know,
> > because that is the next step - more cool air in, cooler exhaust out.
> > Hayden
> >
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> >     90 Corrado (son's car, gas :^P)
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