Brake Failure (In garage not on the street)

[amalventano1 at tds.net (Allyn)]

This sounds more like 2" of CV play and something sticking in the tranny than brake failure.

1. Brakes don't fail 'on', especially where they were just 'off'.  There is the odd rear caliper freezing with the e-brake on, but
that generally happens when the car is outdoors for a long period of time, with the handbrake engaged the entire time.
2. If a caliper was actually gripping a rotor, you would get absolutely no motion (especially not 2").  There simply is not that
much (0) play between the caliper carrier / brake rotor / wheel.

I suspect possibly something in the tranny.  It may have actually been in gear (unlikely I know), perhaps internally, as it rolled
just fine with the starter.  Had it actually been brakes, it should have been hard to move regardless of power source (you /
starter).

HTH
Al


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brian Spinney [mailto:vw_85roccoZ400@hotmail.com] 
> Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2006 10:25 AM
> To: 'Scirocco list'
> Subject: Brake Failure (In garage not on the street)
> 
> Well I think my master cylinder finally shit the bed.  Last 
> night I was in the garage cleaning up and my Scirocco was in 
> the way so I lowered the e-brake and push it out a little all 
> was fine.  No problem moving.  So I put it into gear and go 
> about picking up my tool and cleaning up the floor. 
> Well its getting late so I go a push the car back in (yes I 
> took it out of
> gear)  it moves about 2" and then locks up.
> 
> I figure maybe it got stuck in gear so I go up front and the 
> linkage was all good and in neutral along with the shifter in 
> the car.  So I try it again, moves the same 2" and then locks up.
> 
> I get it the car and pull the e-brake a few times thinking 
> that the cables are locked up.  Try pushing again same thing. 
>  But it wasn't the rear that felt locked but the fronts.  So 
> I go pump the brake pedal and it goes to the flow with no 
> pressure.  So I pump a few more times with the same pressure.
> 
> Would this be a good sign that the master went bad?
> 
> I ended up cranking the car over to move it into the garage 
> and even then it didn't want to move far.
> -Brian
> 
> 85 Scirocco 8vT       01 Jetta 20vT       84 Rabbit GTI
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