Lockup advice?

[blake at clockworm.com (Blake Irvin)]

is there a preferred replacement for the A1 hardware?

blake/

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On Sep 10, 2005, at 9:27 , Brett Van Sprewenburg wrote:

>> OK - the '88 16v I'm getting has been sitting for about 5 months.   
>> Won't roll in neutral.  Right rear wheel is the one skidding when  
>> we push the car.  Tried spraying WD-40-ish stuff on the right  
>> brake disk/caliper, still no luck.  Any ideas?  I'm not going to  
>> finish paying for the car until this is resolved, naturally...
>>
>> I disengaged the e-brake cabling just in case that was the cause.
>>
>> blake/
>>
>
>
> Perhaps was the e-brake "set" on during those 5 months? Or part of  
> it? I made the error
> of doing this once myself, and I ended up having to replace both  
> rear calipers because
> the mechanisms where locked. :-(  Duh.
>
> As has been noted here recently, the A1 rear disc brake caliper is  
> not one of VW's
> shining moments of great engineering.  They suffer from many  
> issues, and I'm afraid,
> you've got one of them.
>
> How are you at mechanical work?  There are some high-force methods  
> you might try,
> but I'm not going to suggest them as some scenarios could lead you  
> dropping the car
> on yourself if you weren't well versed in working like that....ah,  
> heh.
>
> In the end, you're probably better off replacing the caliper (at  
> least that side) and the
> pads and discs.  Remember, your spraying an oil lubricant on your  
> brakes trying to free this
> one...probably not the hot ticket for increased stopping power and  
> eyeball popping e-brake slides.
>
> ==Brett
>
>