Re[2]: Yaaaaah!

[treilley_at_BANKMARK@conseco.com (treilley)]

     Sounds pretty strange.  A cardinal rule of racing is "Never set the 
     E-brake after coming off the track".  Sounds like your hard driving 
     replicated the conditions of hard racing.
     
     Tim 90CQ, 77Spitfire


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Subject: Re: Yaaaaah!
Author:  Quattrofan@aol.com at Internet
Date:    3/17/96 10:55 AM


I experienced a rather odd brake problem once, relayed here FWIW. Whilst 
rocketing towards a Pro Rally weekend last year in the 86 cgt, and with too 
much luggage and extra person aboard, while trying to stay ahead of my buddy, 
on very steep roads, the brakes got kind of...um...warm.  The kind of warm 
where the pedal is firm but little is occurring in the area of actual speed 
reduction. Well, we pulled over to allow the glowing rotors to cool, and 
after a bladder release proceeded on our way. Nest occurence of using the 
brakes resulted in bad vibrations, and while coasting along I could even 
detect a wobbly type sensation through the chassis. *#^%^#&, warped the 
rotors! Right before a weekend of intense driving! Except I was wrong, as 
upon experimentation by pulling the e-brake under travel things really 
vibrated.  I'd pulled the e-brake when we stopped to cool things off, and 
something apparently was amiss in the rear drums. Pulled over, jacked up rear 
of car and determined that the right rear brake was stuck on. Riding 
companion and mechaninc friend (who sold me on Audis, bless him!) rounded up 
a screwdriver and popped something on the adjuster, freeing up the rear 
brakes and allowing for our weekend to proceed without incident.  Hot drum 
expanded by heat as the cause..??? Not sure, and problem has not reappeared 
since. Just something else to file away in your noggins....
     
Dwight V.
86 Cgt, 89 VW GLI