Re: [T3] Brakes are done!

[Chris Wright <Christopher.Wright@Sun.COM>]

<x-flowed>I think from last week's corres on wiring that the car is a 65.  So it's 
down to drums gone eccentric,  rust on one spot inside the drum where 
it's been standing, loose or worn wheel bearings or ball joints.  
Interestingly, my car did a similar thing when I first got it.  There 
was no visible rust inside the drum and the bearings were fine, so I 
assumed the drums would need skimming, but before long it went away by 
itself.   I did have the wheels off to change the tyres, so maybe uneven 
tightening of the wheel nuts had distorted the drum a bit and refitting 
them eased it, or they were just out of balance and it showed up on 
braking only.
Chris

Dave Hall wrote:

> My thinking on disc brakes (disregard if you've drums all-round) -
> It can be a corroded patch where the pads sat (or un-corroded where they sat and
> corroded elsewhere); it can be a wheel not bolted evenly, or rust between the
> wheel and the disc.  I assume your bearings are fine - no wobble?  Caliper bolts
> tight?  No sign of grease contamination?  Suspension nice and tight - no worn
> ball-joints or steering joints?  Steering damper OK?
>
> I think that's the full list of other possibilities apart from a warped disc.
> They are sometimes run much thinner than the wear limit - the pre-72 are
> relatively thin to start with and only have about 1mm of wear available before
> they should be changed (minimum thickness specified is 8mm for pre-'72;    ISTR
> it's 10mm for '72 on as they start out at 12mm).
>
> Dave.
> UK VW Type 3 & 4 Club
> http://www.hallvw.clara.co.uk/
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> From: <type3weezer@comcast.net>
> To: <type3-d@vwtype3.org>
> Sent: Monday, April 10, 2006 10:50 PM
> Subject: [T3] Brakes are done!
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> > Coming home from weezers first show I noticed that when I had to brake hard
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> the front brakes would shutter or pulse hard till I stopped. I'm going to try
> and take it apart this weekend and was wondering if anyone had any ideas about
> this. Thanks.
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