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Lockup advice?



Just sounds like the ebrake mechanism on that caliper is locked.  Pull the 
wheel, take a look, and start playing with stuff....
Oh, and no more WD40 on the rotors, okay?

Larry
sandiego16v



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Blake Irvin" <blake@clockworm.com>
To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Saturday, September 10, 2005 10:43 AM
Subject: Lockup advice?


> 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.
>
>
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