Re: Rear Brakes Locked

["Douglas B. Kuhn, Jr." <ijcdougk@earthlink.net>]

Yes...I have to agree...after I was my car, the rears tend to stick to the
rotors if it sits for a while after sitting...Rust I guess. Who knows.


Doug Kuhn

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----- Original Message -----
From: Brian Wanamaker <bwanamaker@sofsol.com>
To: <jettaglx@igtc.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 1999 9:00 PM
Subject: RE: Rear Brakes Locked


> Yeah. If your brakes are wet when you set your e-brake (like if you've
just
> washed you car or driven through some bad weather) and then the car sets
for
> a few hours, sometimes the pads stick to the disks. Its happened to me 2
or
> 3 times.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Chris Collier [SMTP:collier@iglou.com]
> > Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 1999 8:18 PM
> > To: VR6 Listserver; Digest, jetta glx
> > Subject: Rear Brakes Locked
> >
> > Hi all, chris collier here,
> >
> > Question: has anyone every had their rear brakes locked shut? On two
> > occasions now, i have released my e-brake, but the rear calipers stay
> > locked.
> >
> > Simple deduction would point to the e-brake assembly, i have gotten that
> > far, i just wanted to know if anyone else had experienced this, thus
> > aiding in a short cut to the solution
> >
> > chris
> >
> >
> > I will be posting my intervention story about confronting the lady who
> > hit me. I will post tomorrow, as i am not able to write it all
> > tonight............
>
>