[Vwdiesel] sticking caliper?

[James Hansen]

You polished the two caliper bolts on a wire wheel before reassembly, and
coated them with a smear of antiseize, right?
-James

> -----Original Message-----
> From: vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com [mailto:vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com]On
> Behalf Of Mike & Coreen Smith
> Sent: Monday, November 24, 2003 3:37 PM
> To: LBaird119 at aol.com; vwdiesel at vwfans.com
> Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] sticking caliper?
> 
> 
> 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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> > [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ]
> >   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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