Rear Brakes Locking up first

[fahrvegnugen at cox.net (David Utley)]

> 
> From: Jim Jarrett <jarrett@rpa.net>
> Date: 2005/05/18 Wed AM 10:41:26 EDT
> To: GREG DUNN <greggearhead@adelphia.net>
> CC: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> Subject: Re: Rear Brakes Locking up first
> 
> Quoting GREG DUNN <greggearhead@adelphia.net>:
> 
>  
> > 
> > Have you lowered your car?  There is a load-sensing bias valve linked to
> > the
> > rear axle with a spring. 
> 
> That's true on Rabbits, but I believe that the proportioning valves on a
> Scirocco are screwed into the master cylinder, so lowering the car would not
> necessarily have the same effect.
> 
> Or is that just for 16V's?  And Dan, I believe you have a 16V?  So I think I'm
> still correct.....

No A1s have the load-sensing proportion thingy.  A2s, yes.  Perhaps Sciroccos in another country, as I see a pic in ETKA for it, but no details (IE, not for this market)...

David

'83 GTI, Daily Driver...
'87 16V, parts car
'82 pickup, 2.0 16V, collecting dust...