Re: Whoa! How do I stop this Crazy Thing!

["Gerry & Apple" <smokinn85@hotmail.com>]

<x-charset iso-8859-1>The idiot that had my car before me, had a 10.1 on the driver's side and a
9.4 (I think?  Anyway, it was way smaller) on the passenger's side.

Penny

----- Original Message -----
From: John Lagnese <jlagnese@cybertours.com>
To: Ron Cooper <rlc@teleport.com>
Cc: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>; Charles Calvin Cooper <cooperc@teleport.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 1999 8:27 PM
Subject: Re: Whoa! How do I stop this Crazy Thing!


> Hi,
> My 87 16V did this when I got it. I changed the brakes, and found out that
> someone had put smaller brakes on it. As soon as the 10.1's were on the
> problem vanished.
> John
>
> Ron Cooper wrote:
>
> > Hi All,
> >
> > A couple of months ago I bought a very nice 86 8 valve scirocco. This
was
> > after years of driving my 77 scirocco.  It has been an unusually dry
Fall
> > up here in Oregon & I'd not driven the new car in a hard rain on the
> > freeway until today.  With the experience of my old scirocco in mind I
> > braked with plenty of room in front of me.  Guess what? the thing barely
> > even slowed down.  I know the problem is a build up of water on the
> > rotors and that by tapping the brakes repeatedly I can clear the pads
and
> > rotors of water and come to a stop.  My old scirocco had the same
problem
> > with pooled water on the freeway.  I got the impression that this
problem
> > started after a brake job when I incorrectly installed the "rain guard".
> > I was quite suprised to find the new car has the same problem. Is there
> > supposed to be a rain guard on later model cars? I can see and touch
> > the rotors through the custom wheels on the 86.  I've thought about it
> > decided that adjusting the Rear Drums to tolerence is the best I can do.
> > Is there a type of pad that works better in the rain?  Will adjusting
the
> > Drums help?  Tapping the brakes until the water clears works but is
often
> > not an option in high speed dense traffic.
> >
> > Any experience or advice is appriciated.
> >
> > Gotta love these Cars
> >
> > Ron
> >
> > 86 & 77 (Living at Brothers house) Scirocco's
> >
> >
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