Re: CV fun away from home...

["Allyn" <amalventano1@home.com>]

If you just did the brakes, ebrake wont work till after alot of braking (go
for a drive somewhere). Piston needs to screw itself back to the right
position.
Al

----- Original Message -----
From: "John Erickson" <hombre@elp.rr.com>
To: "scirocco list" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2001 6:14 PM
Subject: Re: CV fun away from home...


> At 03:53 PM 12/2/2001 -0700, Josh Hignight wrote:
> >Well now, what would a nice relaxing trip to the folks house without a
car
> >problem be? A pain in the butt!
> >
> >No clicking/noise prior to breaking, but my left outer cv joint decided
to
> >explode about 30 miles outside Las Cruces NM (about 200 miles from my
> >house). Okay, so about half way here the car started to shudder a bit,
like
> >an unbalanced tire, but no other signs. Being that it was on Saturday,
after
> >12 noon (why does everything in small towns close at noon?), I was only
able
> >to find a cv half shaft at NAPA. I installed the new shaft today (sunday)
> >and everything seems fine. But has anyone ever had problems with NAPA
> >half-shafts?
> >
> >Oh, and the CV bolt tool... HAH! I found one at Checker! How's that for
> >lucky. I thought for sure I was going to have to call John in EP to see
if
> >he had one I could borrow.
> >
> >Maybe one day I'll make it down to El Paso John.
>
> Bring the CV bolt tool (I don't have one).  I'll buy it off you.
>
> My brake project got interesting at the end.  I have a little too much
> brake travel and my parking brake doesn't work anymore.  I think the two
> are related.  I don't think the rear caliper self-adjusting option is
> working according to Hoyle (that guy).  Maybe a little use will get the
> adjusters to work.  Do Sciroccos heal themselves???  Other than that, the
> car stops straight and true.
>
> John
> El Paso
>
>
>
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