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Oh, that's bad. I think the p.o. had broken one of the bolts for the caliper. Doesn't the caliper mount to the backing plate. As I remember one of these appeared to have been drilled out and tapped. Joe -----Original Message----- From: Jim Adney [mailto:jadney@vwtype3.org] Sent: Monday, March 24, 2003 2:58 PM To: Type 3 mailing list Subject: RE: [T3] Brakes On 24 Mar 2003 at 13:27, Vlach, Joe -CKHS wrote: > This is not a common problem indicating something like a tired master > cylinder, or wheel cylinder. It's strange. It appears that the brake pedal > is pushing back toward my foot. Right, I understand, and I've never seen anything like that before. The only thing I could think of is that you've got a caliper about to fall off and when you apply the brakes it wedges somehow and gets pushed back. The clunk you mentioned bothers me a lot, that's why I suggested that you try to find the source of the noise and see if that led you to a solution. Does the clunk occur any time you push on the pedal, or just when you're moving. How about when you're backing up? I'd be very concerned about this. A clunk means that something's moving, but nothing should be. -- Jim Adney jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, WI 53711-3054 USA ------------------------------------------------------------------- List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org