Rear Brakes Locking up first

[yoscirocco at hotmail.com (daniel savatteri)]

I'll figure it out, thanks for the help.

>From: Cris Carpenter <ccarpen@earthlink.net>
>To: "daniel savatteri" <yoscirocco@hotmail.com>
>CC: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>Subject: Re: Rear Brakes Locking up first
>Date: Wed, 18 May 2005 10:14:57 -0500
>
>If this is one of the cars with this valve, you can see it pretty clearly 
>if you jack up the back end, crawl underneath, and look to see anything 
>attached to the rear axle with a long spring-like linkage and brake lines 
>running into it from the front and out to the rear brakes. If you are not 
>sure about what you see and what to do about it, I'd suggest you find 
>someone qualified to do the job for you. Shouldn't take long for someone 
>who knows what they are doing.
>
>Cris
>
>
>At 10:04 AM 5/18/2005, daniel savatteri wrote:
>>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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