[I need more Rear Disc E-brake help!!!! and a VENT]...moreq uestions

[michael.leach at lmco.com (Leach, Michael)]

well this is still driving me nuts.......believe me it is not the cables...I
have adjusted the crap out of those things......the big picture is that I
will pull the e-brake until the e-brake lever on the caliper hits the stop
(where the spring bolt is ) and the rotor will still turn.....my pads are
used but have adequate pad left on them and the rotor is ~.375 inches and
the Bentley says the minimum is .315 so I am good there too...the piston
itself does not look over-extended so what is the deal?...The guy at the
parts store is obviously very unsure that the calipers are bad....and I cant
really blame him but I can not imagine what the issue is here?

It is very funny ...I do not have Cathy's curse of the Silver Headache but
instead I have a curse which makes every repair of my car take at least two
weeks....while I look at the thing in my driveway on jack stands and pull my
hair out.

Michael Leach
MH-60R Integration and Test
Lockheed Martin Federal Systems
Owego, NY 13827
607-751-7542
FAX 751-6198
michael.leach@lmco.com <mailto:michael.leach@lmco.com> 


-----Original Message-----
From: Cathy Boyko [mailto:losinit@usa.net]
Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2003 5:47 PM
To: Leach, Michael; scirocco-l@scirocco.org
Subject: Re: [I need more Rear Disc E-brake help!!!! and a VENT]


I'm assuming this is on the Rocc and the same as mine, if not, ignore me as
you see fit.
Anyway, you need to get the back end up on jackstands, and get a helper (I
had
my neice do it) to work the Ebrake handle. This is after you've gone up/down
on the handle lots of times to stretch the cables. Anyway, at no clicks, and
the first click, the rotor should turn by hand quite easily, at the second
click the rotors should be tough to turn, and at the third click, they
shouldn't turn at all when you reef on them. So get your helper to yank the
handle, and just keep moving those nuts under the handle till it's adjusted.
This adjustment should be quite independant of the brake bleeding that
preceeds it, I did mine about a week after I did the caliper.

Now with my used replacement caliper, I had to back off the piston to get
the
brake to release, (my pads were thicker than the car the caliper came off
of)
-On new calipers, how long does it take for the piston to extend out to the
"thinness" of used pads? Or did you do the pads too?

And I hear you about parenthood...

Cathy

"Leach, Michael" <michael.leach@lmco.com> wrote:
> I have done some more investigation and have some more questions about my
> now operational E-brake.  The calipers were just replaced on warranty from
> the local Advance Auto Parts  I removed the cables from the brakes and
they
> move fine so the cables are not the issue.  I then removed the return
> springs and manually actuated the e-brake levers until they where against
> the stops.  At this point I could tell that they where somewhat closing
but
> not enough to completely stop the rotors from spinning. My concern is
> whether the new calipers are bad or would a hydraulic issue cause this. 
The
> E-brake levers seem to move very easily with little resistance.  The
brakes
> have been bled completely and seem to be acting fine. The brakes work and
> the pads seem to be right where they should be just barely touching the
> rotors when the brake is not applied.
> 
> Any ideas?  I do not want to replace the calipers again unless I have a
> pretty good idea that it is the problem.  Not to mention I just spent  a
day
> getting them painted before I installed them.  
> 
> Has anyone else used these rebuilt calipers from a local store and what is
> the failure rate of the e-brake on a freshly rebuilt set?
> 
> Anyone with kids will understand the frustration of having the car up on
> Jack Stands for almost a week now since I only get about 20 minutes a
night
> to work on this before I have to go back in and change a diaper, help with
> Math homework, or get my butt kicked in PS2 games by my son.  Monday I had
> to stop because my 10 yr old daughter decided to play in the driveway with
> cleats on slipped landed on her head was temporarily knocked unconscious
and
> then got a trip to the ER with my wife for a CT scan.  She is fine...just
a
> really big bump
>   
> It seems that every job I take on with my cars takes forever!!  At least I
> always seem to complete it ...even the 1 month Passat ignition fiasco
> 
> At this rate I will be ready to put it away for the winter by the time it
> passes inspection.
> 
> Thanks for any help you can give
> 
> Michael Leach
> MH-60R Integration and Test
> Lockheed Martin Federal Systems
> Owego, NY 13827
> 607-751-7542
> FAX 751-6198
> michael.leach@lmco.com <mailto:michael.leach@lmco.com>
> 
> 
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