Rear brake caliper

[aussieg60]

One of the rear brake calipers has seized to return the lever to its stop for the hand brake. Any one know whats invovled to refurb it ?

[ausgolfer]

One of the rear brake calipers has seized to return the lever to its stop for the hand brake. Any one know whats invovled to refurb it ?

It's a very common problem, haven't heard of them being refurbished though, you can put mk3 or 4 rear calipers on as a direct replacement. Fairly pricey from VW dealers but.....

http://www.bildon.com/catalog/Detail...=4&SubNav=none

They crap on about these being "super special light weight" when they are infact mk4 stardard rear calipers.

[Oneofthegreats]

The lever shouldn't return all the way back to it's stop.
It can only return back as far as the handbrake lever/cable will allow. Otherwise there will be a heap of slack in the cable.

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Or if it does have a problem pull the caliper off, strip it & see.

Probably just corrosion. If it is corroded I'd recommend overhauling both side's

[h100vw]

One of the rear brake calipers has seized to return the lever to its stop for the hand brake. Any one know whats invovled to refurb it ?

I would go with the MK3 caliper as a replacement, over refurbing the std ones. They fit great and don't fill with water like the MK2 ones do.

Important point to note. You need to swap the flexy pipe around, as the access to the caliper is on the other side on a mk3 caliper.

IIRC cos it has been a while since I did one, you need to remake the rigid line that runs along the rear beam. It needs to be shortened a little.

Gavin

[aussieg60]

Dont really know whats happening as I thought the spring load would return the lever back, hence the brake cable for 1 side is real slack. It looks different to my 90 spec Mk2.

Are the late spec MK2 same as MK3's ?

Cheers guys for your help

Voy

[h100vw]

Dont really know whats happening as I thought the spring load would return the lever back, hence the brake cable for 1 side is real slack. It looks different to my 90 spec Mk2.

Are the late spec MK2 same as MK3's ?

Cheers guys for your help

Voy

Nah, mk2s are mk2s and 3s are 3s.

The MK3 caliper has the handbrake mech on the bottom so that water doesn't run into it, therefore it doesn't seize up.

You could take it off and work a bit of wd40 or something into it but it'll go sticky again soon enough.

Gavin

[aussieg60]

I think theres 2 different types for Mk2's. Early and late. Its the 88 GTI I got has the problem with the handbrake. Not real clear to me from the Bentley manual. To get another its pretty pricey. I sprayed some WD to work in over the night.

[h100vw]

The later mk2 caliper is better and it has 2 cutouts in the rim of the piston to wind it back in. The early one needs a big allen key to wind back the piston.

Gavin

[Golf Loon]

Just chuck em and put Mk3 caliprs on. Easier to get and cheaper.

Pm me if you cant get one local.

[86gti]

Yea, Mk3 ones are the way to go...Ive read about this happening a fair bit in mk2s... most ppl ditch em n slot mk3 ones on...some one would have some second hand ones on here I recon.