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On 18 Mar 2006 at 7:33, Dennis Haynes <dhaynes@OPTONLINE.NET> wrote: > Rear wheel cylinders are relatively short term parts. I recomend repalcing them > at every brake job along with the hardware kits. ATE is the only cylinder I know > with the correct details including the spring to preload the pistons to push tem > out against the shoes. Without these springs, the pistons often creep back in > causing you to have to double pump the brake pedal to get a firm pedal. Thanks for this info Dennis... I'd heard about springs in the cylinders, but didn't know this was one of the symptoms - my '88 has had it since I got it. My brakes haven't been touched in 10 years (only 45k miles in that time), aside from flushing the lines every two years. But I'm going to take a look soon. Interestingly, the brakes were done at the dealer just before I bought it. So it sounds like they may not have used ATE...
Shawn Wright http://members.shaw.ca/vwdiesels '88 Westy 1.6TD 5 speed '82 Diesel Westy 1.6NA '85 Jetta Diesel 1.6NA |
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