Re: Faulty E-brake / Caliper question

[Anthony Pelletier <vwnuts@yahoo.com>]

Sounds like the rear caliper is frozen.  I had this
happend to me.  I went through  5 or 6 remanufactured
calipers before I found one that would work.  (you can
rebuild the pistons in the calipers but not the ebrake
portion)  I guess they all go bad.  The
remanufacturing companies must not have the brains to
figure out that calipers were replaced because of a
faulty e-brake cable.  Your best bet for a caliper is
a brand new (non remanufactured one).

.02
Tomy




--- Tim Ebling <tim@surreal.com> wrote:
> 
> Hey all, my e-brake performance has been continously
> deteriorating over
> the last few months on my '88 16v (disc brakes), so
> this weekend I
> finally had a look at it.  At first I thought one of
> my cables had
> stretched, but it turns out that the part where the
> cable attaches to on
> the caliper was stuck in the "engaged" (brake ON)
> position.  Even in
> this position, the caliper piston was retracted so
> the wheel could spin
> freely.  If I manually "reset" it by tapping the
> part to the "brake off"
> position, then engaging the e-brake, the piston does
> not move in
> response to the cable movement.
> 
> SO - it looks like my rear caliper is shot, no? 
> What are my options at
> this point - can my old caliper be rebuilt, or is it
> a sealed unit?  If
> it can be rebuilt, what is the procedure for fixing
> the e-brake portion?
> If not, how much can I expect to pay for a new
> caliper (or one from a
> yard)?
> 
> Damn, maybe this is the time for that Corrado brake
> conversion :-)
> 
> TIA for the help,
> 
> -tim
> 
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