Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2004 07:38:12 -0400
Reply-To: vw4x4@FYI.NET
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From: Eric Zeno <vw4x4@FYI.NET>
Subject: Re: Rotor thoughts
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Tom,
How many miles are on your brakes? Have you had your van
sitting any length of time? What area in the country are you?
Do you have a Syncro also? BTW nice wheels....
Eric
tmiller wrote:
> Mine look similar. I took a couple of pictures of the outside,
> attached. One left side and one right side. I too will have to check
> for proper caliper operation.
> TEMiller
>
> vw4x4@fyi.net wrote:
>
>> Tom,
>> Was the rust on your rotors on the inside, as you can see in the
>> pitures?
>> At this stage of the game, I'm going to check, with a fine tooth comb,
>> for things like warn out guide pins or the bushing in the caliper support
>> bracket.
>>
>> Tom Miller wrote:
>>
>>>I have the same problem with my rotors on my 89 Westy. They were fine for
>>>the first year after driving it home from Greenville, SC where I bought it,
>>>but after driving the van a few times during the winter on salted roads in
>>>Cleveland, Ohio, and parking the van for a month or so thereafter, the rust
>>>built up to the point where the pads could not clean off the rust evenly. I
>>>am in the process of replacing the rotors.
>>>TEMiller
>>>
>>>----- Original Message -----
>>>From: "Hans Achter" <hansachter@HOTMAIL.COM> <mailto:hansachter@HOTMAIL.COM>
>>>To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> <mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
>>>Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2004 10:34 AM
>>>Subject: Re: Rotor thoughts
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>Looks to me like the inboard brake pad is not contacting the rotor surface
>>>>evenly. I would immediately suspect something to do with binding of the
>>>>brake pads in the caliper. I don't understand how you would come to the
>>>>conclusion that the rotor is the problem.
>>>>-Hans
>>>>
>>>>----- Original Message -----
>>>>From: "Eric Zeno" <vw4x4@FYI.NET> <mailto:vw4x4@FYI.NET>
>>>>To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> <mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
>>>>Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2004 7:25 AM
>>>>Subject: Re: Rotor thoughts
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>"a picture would resolve that issue very easily"
>>>>>You got it!
>>>>>
>>>>>http://www.fyi.net/~vw4x4/in1.jpg <http://www.fyi.net/%7Evw4x4/in1.jpg>
>>>>>http://www.fyi.net/~vw4x4/in2.jpg <http://www.fyi.net/%7Evw4x4/in2.jpg>
>>>>>
>>>>> Here is 2 pictures of the inner side of the rotors
>>>>>http://www.fyi.net/~vw4x4/out1.jpg <http://www.fyi.net/%7Evw4x4/out1.jpg>
>>>>>
>>>>> Here is the outer side. You can see they are not as bad
>>>>> but still have had rust biuld up on them.
>>>>>
>>>>>http://www.fyi.net/~vw4x4/pads1.jpg <http://www.fyi.net/%7Evw4x4/pads1.jpg>
>>>>>
>>>>> Here is the pads in not particular order. Look close
>>>>>you can see there is plenty of meat on them.
>>>>>
>>>>> As you stated below in more techincal terms
>>>>>than I want to understand, I thing the rotors are the problem.
>>>>>Unfortuneately I've gotta to get to work.....
>>>>> ERic
>>>>>
>>>>>Kim Brennan wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>
>>>
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