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Have you pulled the Drums off to inspect everything? I would guess that a spring popped off or broke. I wouldn't want to drive around too much for fear the loose component would wedge between shoe and drum causing damage to the drum. Thank You, Jason Renville Jrenville@wafertech.com > ---------- > From: John M. Kowalski[SMTP:john.kowalski@zg.tel.hr] > Sen4 ay, June 28, 1999 9:08 PM > To: type3@vwtype3.org > Subject: Re: [T3] Rebuilt Brakes Pulling to One Side > > At 06:00 PM 6/28/99 +0100, you wrote: > >The drums have 2 leading shoes on each wheel; that means when the brakes > >are applied, the cylinder pushes the end of the shoe that digs into the > >drum as it is passing (ie the top of the front shoe and the bottom of the > >rear shoe). Could be the right side is operating correctly and the left > >isn't. Maybe a bit more rust formed on the right-hand one and it grabbed > >more. Did the problem continue after driving it a bit? > > > > > Dave, > > Actually, the brakes worked fine for a week or so -- the best they ever > worked. Then this past Saturday morning, I pulled out the Variant and > noticed that the car started jerking to the right when I applied the > brakes. Now, when I coast down our long, steep driveway and apply the > brakes, the right front wheel seems to want to lock up. It never did that > before and hardly seems that that is the way the brakes should be. That > is > why I feel that there is something wrong with the right wheel rather than > the left. > > John > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > Search old messages on the Web! Visit http://www.vwtype3.org/list/ >