Lots of times the lever that the end of the cable attaches to at the caliper gets corroded inside and locks up . One way to check is to have a buddy pull up on the handle while you watch the lever. Jasin VWs -- Email problems to: scirocco-l-probs@scirocco.org To unsubscibe send "unsubscribe scirocco-l" in the message to majordomo@scirocco.org