[Vwdiesel] brake problem

[82 Diesel Westy]

Hey, join the club.  I was on my way out of town  few
summers ago to see a Rush show 140 miles away.  The
day before I did some rear brake work on my Audi 200
with disc brakes in rear as well.  I put the one back
in the wrong way.  I drove about 6 miles before
pulling over.  Jacked the car up, took the caliper
off, swapped the pad around and put it back together. 
I didn't even bother going back home, easy fix, no
issues ever since.
You are not driving a race car, just a VW.

Bryan, NJ

--- "Bryan K. Walton" <bryankwalton at machlink.com>
wrote:

> On Tue, Jun 05, 2007 at 02:06:06PM -0500, Bryan K.
> Walton wrote:
> > 
> > So, assuming that I didn't make some really
> absent-minded mistake
> > mistake such as putting the pads on with the pad
> facing out, rather than
> > in toward the rotor
> 
> Unfortunately, this is exactly what I did. :-(  So,
> adding a 1 dollar
> part is now going to get more expensive.  At a
> minimum, I'm going to
> have to get the rotor turned.  I probably should
> replace the pads
> also, given that they have been used backwards
> against their design. 
> I'm sure they aren't as structurally sound now.
> 
> Thanks,
> Bryan
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