Lockup advice?

[brett at netacc.net (Brett Van Sprewenburg)]

>OK - the '88 16v I'm getting has been sitting for about 5 months.  
>Won't roll in neutral.  Right rear wheel is the one skidding when we 
>push the car.  Tried spraying WD-40-ish stuff on the right brake 
>disk/caliper, still no luck.  Any ideas?  I'm not going to finish 
>paying for the car until this is resolved, naturally...
>
>I disengaged the e-brake cabling just in case that was the cause.
>
>blake/


Perhaps was the e-brake "set" on during those 5 months? Or part of 
it? I made the error
of doing this once myself, and I ended up having to replace both rear 
calipers because
the mechanisms where locked. :-(  Duh.

As has been noted here recently, the A1 rear disc brake caliper is 
not one of VW's
shining moments of great engineering.  They suffer from many issues, 
and I'm afraid,
you've got one of them.

How are you at mechanical work?  There are some high-force methods 
you might try,
but I'm not going to suggest them as some scenarios could lead you 
dropping the car
on yourself if you weren't well versed in working like that....ah, heh.

In the end, you're probably better off replacing the caliper (at 
least that side) and the
pads and discs.  Remember, your spraying an oil lubricant on your 
brakes trying to free this
one...probably not the hot ticket for increased stopping power and 
eyeball popping e-brake slides.

==Brett