Lockup advice?

[rocco16 at sbcglobal.net (Larry Fry)]

I have the stock rear A1 calipers on my MkII.  The car has 220,000+ miles. 
The rear brakes have not given me any trouble (just hexed myself...?)
 Take the calipersapart and restore them to working conditions.  I'm about 
half-convinced that if the e-brakes are USED on a daily basis, they will 
work forever.

 Oh, the second step for you should be new pads on those brakes that were 
treated with WD-40....

Larry
sandiego16v

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Blake Irvin" <blake@clockworm.com>
To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Sunday, September 11, 2005 8:12 AM
Subject: Re: Lockup advice?


> Yep - the next step will be lots of break cleaner to wash out the  lube. 
> I guess I need to take apart the caliper assembly?  Can anyone  tell me, 
> if the stock A1 caliper is so bad, if it's even worth trying  to fix it? 
> Should I just ask the current owner to knock the price  down equivalent to 
> the new calipers for rear wheels?
>
> blake/
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> On Sep 11, 2005, at 8:42 , Larry Fry wrote:
>
>> Just sounds like the ebrake mechanism on that caliper is locked.   Pull 
>> the wheel, take a look, and start playing with stuff....
>> Oh, and no more WD40 on the rotors, okay?
>>
>> Larry
>> sandiego16v
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Blake Irvin" <blake@clockworm.com>
>> To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>> Sent: Saturday, September 10, 2005 10:43 AM
>> Subject: Lockup advice?
>>
>>
>>
>>> 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/
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