Rear Brakes Locking up first

[yoscirocco at hotmail.com (daniel savatteri)]

Its going to be hard to figure out the stock ride height by just looking at 
it, especially with 16in wheels.  Where on the axle is the valve?

>From: Cris Carpenter <ccarpen@earthlink.net>
>To: "daniel savatteri" <yoscirocco@hotmail.com>
>Subject: Re: Rear Brakes Locking up first
>Date: Wed, 18 May 2005 09:55:36 -0500
>
>Yeah, that car may have the bias valve that is connected to the rear axle 
>with a spring linkage. If it does and you lowered it, the spring would be 
>pulling on the valve all the time. That link is adjustable for length. 
>You'll have to basically make it longer. If you jack the back end back up 
>to where it was stock and look at the amount of slack would have been in 
>that link, you will have an idea of how much you need to adjust it for the 
>lowered setup.
>
>Cris
>
>At 09:37 AM 5/18/2005, you wrote:
>>87 16v.  Stock brake setup.  Car is lowered with autotech springs and 
>>bilstien sports, someone recently told me it might be the load-sensing 
>>bias valve that is compressed when the car is lowered.  Does that sound 
>>right? Any other possibilities? Thanks
>>
>>>From: Cris Carpenter <ccarpen@earthlink.net>
>>>To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>>>CC: yoscirocco@hotmail.com
>>>Subject: Re: Rear Brakes Locking up first Date: Wed, 18 May 2005 09:19:39 
>>>-0500
>>>
>>>Could you give a few more specifics? What year? Stock brakes or modified? 
>>>Service history, as in did this problem develop as the result of some 
>>>work done, mysteriously on its own, or did you buy the car this way? 
>>>Reason I'm asking all this is because the front-rear proportioning 
>>>systems vary by year and setup.
>>>
>>>Cris
>>>
>>>At 08:50 AM 5/18/2005, you wrote:
>>>>Message: 9
>>>>Date: Wed, 18 May 2005 09:44:24 -0400
>>>>From: "daniel savatteri" <yoscirocco@hotmail.com>
>>>>Subject: Rear Brakes Locking up first
>>>>To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>>>>Message-ID: <BAY24-F13CFDE02E509D83D3B91C0D2170@phx.gbl>
>>>>Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed
>>>>
>>>>So the rear brakes are locking up early when I really get on them, I 
>>>>blead
>>>>the system and changed the pads. All the rotors are good so I don't know
>>>>what else to do.  I'm one of those sunday machanics so are their any 
>>>>tricks
>>>>of the pros that would help me out? I know its something about the bias 
>>>>but
>>>>thats were my knoledge runs out. I really don't enjoy getting sidways
>>>>everytime I have to really get on the brakes around a turn (not that you
>>>>should be on the brakes around a turn but, due to traffic reasons you
>>>>somtimes have to).  Any help would be greatly apreciated.
>>
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