John-
If the handbrake still functions, you may be able to tell by depressing
the thumb button, then gently pulling the brake handle. Since the handbrake
only operates the rears, if it pulses, you have your culprit. In my
experience, drums are more likely to cause pulsation due to warpage, but
that's only statistical, not a certainty. Much of that came from cars that
had drums at both ends, too; handbrake (rear) end was usually the bad on for
some reason, even though lightly loaded. May have been DUE to handbrake?
Also a bit of advice: if the car sat for a while before you bought it,
wait and see if it's just a rusty spot from where the pads or shoes rested.
If so, you may not need to do anything at all to "repair" the problem.
On the front mount (other message), I'm a firm believer in low bucks;
I've had solid mounts on every water-cooled VW I've owned, and on all of the
air-cooled [OK, so that's the only way they came...], and they've worked
fine. I've owned at least thirty VWs so far.
Ron
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Lagnese" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, September 22, 2003 7:07 PM
Subject: [a2-16v-list] brakes
> Hi,
> Just got a new daily driver. Its 1 92 Jetta GL with 173K on it. It has a
> slight brake pulsation. Is there a way to tell if its the front rotors, or
> the rear drums?
> Thanks,
> John
>
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