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Originally Posted by msh
pimpdriver can u tell me why calipers seize in uk?  Here, in latvia, are bad roads and salt on roads in winters so I presume if calipers on 20 years old audi have some problems, it's ok, it needs to be fixed and that's all. Can u tell me why I can't find "high performance drum brakes - replacement for disc brakes"?  And how do u think, why VAG only paired drums on rear with weakest of all discs on front? Maybe because VAG used only some weak drums? I have seen drums that can put on brake tester braking force as big as 276mm discs or even more - but this was chevy astrovan with HUGE drums
And there is also visual aspect as well. |
Calipers do seize in the UK. I can't give you the exact technical / chemical reason, but the calipers on the rear of my 100 avant were seized at both MoTs, April 2008 and April 2009. I did 25000 miles in between. And Mk2 Golfs (a common car over here, do you get them in Latvia???) seize too, which is why you get conversions to Mk4 Golf discs.
But you are going to tell me next how everything costs £5 in Latvia to fix, forgetting that you earn less per hour, so it is all relative. If you earnt £300 a day and it cost £5 per hour to get your car fixed, that would be fantastic, but I don't believe you would get paid £300 a day. If you get paid £30 a day, then £5 an hour is a lot RELATIVE to what you get paid.
If this is going off topic, I do apologise, I was trying to be HELPFUL to the guy, may I suggest you "wind your neck in" and do the same???
The topic is about fitting a 20V 1.8 turbo, and improving brakes, not a general theoretical question about why VAG fitted drums on some cars, and discs on others, and why rear VAG calipers seize (maybe it is because the handbrake actuator is in the wrong place and gets spray from the wheels???)
Please be constructive!!!