RE: Scum Shield

["Duff, Ian" <iduff@charter.com>]

I ripped 'em outta the way on both my '83 and my '87 GTIs and never had
cause to complain. Never could tell if I got better brake cooling, and
never seemed to collect scum in the wheels.

Ian Duff, New Bedford, MA
1990 Coupe Quattro

>----------
>From: 	Michael Spiers[SMTP:mikes@specnet.com]
>Sent: 	Friday, June 07, 1996 10:07 AM
>To: 	quattro@coimbra.ans.net
>Subject: 	Scum Shield
>
>Took the front end of my TQ apart last night to see just how badly I
>tore apart
>my suspension & steering this winter (it looked real pretty, lemme tell
>ya -
>bent everything it seems.)  I've had this really obnoxious grating
>sound coming
>from the right front end for the better part of three months, just
>never had
>the time to bother looking before.  I found that the shield behind the
>rotor
>had been crushed (probably when the heap fell off the jack back in
>March during
>one of my multiple wheel changes) & was grinding against the rotor. 
>The metal
>had about worn thru in all the places it was touching...  Oops. 
>Anyhow, it's
>now in the garbage, & this weekend I'll be heading to the local
>boneyard to get
>a replacement.  Unless - is there any real detriment to leaving hte
>thing off?
> I've got to get better brake cooling with them off, but I'm also
>guessing
>those guys do a good job of keeping mud & snow out of the wheel.  Then
>again,
>I'm running 17" wheels (two of 'em anyhow) so maybe those things are
>useless
>now anyway?  Basic question is, do I replace it or rip off the other
>one...
>
>-- 
>-Mike
>mikes@specnet.com
>mks107@psuvm.psu.edu
>87 5000CS TQ - Metropolitan Washington, D.C.
>84 5000S - Boulder, Colorado
>90 80 - Bethesda, Maryland
>(hunting for the elusive Lago Blue '91 200Q)
>