[Vwdiesel] one to puzzle over

[Nate Wall]

Yes, after a run w/out using the brakes and COASTING
to a stop CAREFULLY feel for heat on the drums and
discs. Then jack up each wheel and check for binding.
Good chance you got a spring on wrong, or left it off.
The rears are kinda tricky to get back together right.
That's why I do one side at a time w/ both drums off.
I just look at the installed side if I get stuck. Did
you lube all the caliper sliding surfaces w/ brake
grease after removing all the rust?

Another possibllity is a frozen self adjuster in the
rear. Clean and lube w/ WD-40, then light oil.

--Nate
--- Shawn Wright <swright at zuiko.sls.bc.ca> wrote:
> Sounds like binding, but more like front rather than
> rear (happened to me once). Are
> the rotors hot after a freeway run without using
> brakes? How about the drums? Heat
> must be building somewhere if it's that bad...
>
> On 17 Jul 2003 at 20:33, Shalyn Shourds
> <sshourds at flash.net> wrote:
>
> > OK boys and girls.  Here's one to mull over.  '85
> > Jetta TD.  I recently did a bunch of brake work,
> rear
> > shoes, brake cables, rear cylinders, and master
> > cylinder.
> >
> > I immediatly took it on a 2000 mile road trip.
> Things
> > were fine till about the end.  Started really
> bogging
> > down over hills and seemed powerless.  Cleared up
> and
> > everything was fine.  Then, in the ensuing days, a
> > persistant squeaking started from the driver's
> side
> > that went away when I pushed the brakes or hit the
> > e-brake.  I took the rear brakes apart several
> times,
> > checked the rear bearings, replaced the rear
> rubber
> > brakes lines, and even replaced a spindle or stub
> axle
> > or whatever you call it.  Sqeaking's gone now, but
> I
> > can't hold 75 mph on the flat.  I've also pulled
> apart
> > the likely suspect wheel's brake cylinder and
> found
> > nothing wrong.  Bled it out numerous times.
> Brakes
> > lines aren't dented or anything.  One last
> > peculiarity:  when I start the car, the brake
> pedal
> > sinks to the floor.  By the time I've been on the
> road
> > ten minutes, the pedal has almost zero travel.
> Also,
> > fuel milage has sunk to the very low 30's from 40
> mpg
> > and it runs hotter than I remember it doing.
> >
> > At this point, I'm very open to suggestions from
> the
> > collective wisdom.  I think the brakes are binding
> > somehow, but I can't find where.  May mean it's
> > something else entirely.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > -Shalyn
> >
> > -85 Jetta TD
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