Heya all, I just installed rear brakes on my jetta. I went with stock brembos/pagid with new reassembled Girling calipers. After I finished installing them, I adjusted my hand brakes and went for a spin, to realize there was alot of smoke coming out of the rear brakes. I must have adjusted my handbrakes too tight. Did that damage anything? Its ok now.
Other question: my rear disks do not get hot, even after intense braking. I know my rear prop valve is rusted open, but since it's in that position, I'm just leaving it there. I was able to correctly bleed the rear brakes. Why aren't they coming hot? The carrier for the pad (with the pins) is new, and came with the calipers. I didn't adjust the piston of the new calipers (didn't have the tool), but aren't these calipers auto-adjusting? If not, any cautions on adjusting them using regular vise grips (with the Master Cylinder reservoir open)? Confused, Francois 91 Jetta 16v
