Re: Whoa! How do I stop this Crazy Thing!

[John Lagnese <jlagnese@cybertours.com>]

Hi,
My 87 16V did this when I got it. I changed the brakes, and found out that
someone had put smaller brakes on it. As soon as the 10.1's were on the
problem vanished.
John

Ron Cooper wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> A couple of months ago I bought a very nice 86 8 valve scirocco. This was
> after years of driving my 77 scirocco.  It has been an unusually dry Fall
> up here in Oregon & I'd not driven the new car in a hard rain on the
> freeway until today.  With the experience of my old scirocco in mind I
> braked with plenty of room in front of me.  Guess what? the thing barely
> even slowed down.  I know the problem is a build up of water on the
> rotors and that by tapping the brakes repeatedly I can clear the pads and
> rotors of water and come to a stop.  My old scirocco had the same problem
> with pooled water on the freeway.  I got the impression that this problem
> started after a brake job when I incorrectly installed the "rain guard".
> I was quite suprised to find the new car has the same problem. Is there
> supposed to be a rain guard on later model cars? I can see and touch
> the rotors through the custom wheels on the 86.  I've thought about it
> decided that adjusting the Rear Drums to tolerence is the best I can do.
> Is there a type of pad that works better in the rain?  Will adjusting the
> Drums help?  Tapping the brakes until the water clears works but is often
> not an option in high speed dense traffic.
>
> Any experience or advice is appriciated.
>
> Gotta love these Cars
>
> Ron
>
> 86 & 77 (Living at Brothers house) Scirocco's
>
>
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