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still need help-frozen caliper



I agree. I know I didn't think my bent rear axle was too big of a deal
until I wound up sideways in an intersection when I hit a slick patch of
road.

Don't take the risk -- fix it! It shouldn't take long.

-Toby

On Sun, 21 Sep 2003, Dave Ewing wrote:

> I'd do whatever I could do to fix it before I left.  Worse case scenerio??
> Boil the fluid and lose your brakes!
>
> Dave
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michael Abatzis" <abatzis2@hotmail.com>
> To: "'car'" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> Sent: Sunday, September 21, 2003 12:06 PM
> Subject: still need help-frozen caliper
>
>
> > so the rear caliper froze up a bit again. doesn't look like i'll have
> > time to replace it before my trip to atlanta on tuesday. questions: is
> > this dangerous? i wouldn't have noticed anything if it hadn't been
> > squealing while i was driving. if i drive in the city for 15-30 minutes,
> > one side is noticeably hotter than the other. what's the worst case
> > driving 500 miles like this? anything worse than rotor/pads? i'd really
> > appreciate some info on this, as it's making me a bit nervous...
> > ----------------------------------------------
> > Michael Abatzis
> > New Orleans!
> > '87 Scirocco 16v, sick right now...
> > '88 Scircocc 16v, RIP
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