[Vwdiesel] sticking caliper?

[Mike & Coreen Smith]

RATS !

Replaced caliper yesterday. On the way to work today (25 miles) car seemed
to work fine. AHA! I have it beat............N O T !
On the way home, car gets slower and slower, smell of burning something,
wheel is hot. $H!T, another $64 down the drain.  HAve $100 into a
"new-to-me" axle and CV joints last week from some kind of knock.  Maybe it
wasn't that at all.

I am left with these choices I guess.:
Wheel bearing? (no noise and doesn't always "stick")
Collapsed brake hose?
Master Cylinder?
Some kind of proportioning valve?
Something else I'm not thinking of?

When I took the old caliper off yesterday it seemed like the brake was on
"most" of the way. IE: pads pretty much up against the rotor, leading me to
firmly believe at that point it was indeed a caliper problem.  Car had been
parked 2 days.

I am ready to give up.  This is a $1000 car with only 3 months left on the
inspection sticker.  Will need some light work to pass again. (couple pin
holes in trunk and needs rear shoes)  I hate sinking $$ I don't even have
into an old vehicle, (we are very strapped financially),.,.....sigh.

Someone !  Buy it from me ! Put me out of my mysery.
$750OBO A warranty written in invisible ink comes with it.

Mike in southern NB, Canada


----- Original Message -----
From: <LBaird119 at aol.com>
To: <vwdiesel at vwfans.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2003 1:16 AM
Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] sticking caliper?


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>   Sure does sound like a sticking caliper, master cylinder not releasing
> or a bad brake hose on that cailper.  Had a similar problem with Dad's
> pickup.  We rebuilt or replaced everything but the hoses.  Come to
> think of it I don't remember finally doing the hoses so maybe it finally
> quit on it's own.  It was far and few between after all the new brake
> parts.  It pulled me to a stop after it was first running.  That's what
> prompted a whole system rebuild.  It'd sat for about 10 years.
>      Loren
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