New brake job yet e-brake stuck (cold in de)...

[AWDTalonDE]

My dad and I inspected my rear brakes ( already did everything for front) and I needed new calipers rotors pads so we did them. However the e-brake has been acting up and sticking.

When it is up for a period of time and I go to drive and pull it down it wont roll in neutral. If I go to lift the e-brake lever up it will be very loose and feels like it is already on and stuck. My dad noticed that the driver's side rear brake is missing a clip that connects the e-brake cable to the caliper.

I was wondering what I should go about to fixing/diagnosing this problem? Should I check the rear/ t-case/ tranny? Should I just try to find the clip he is talking about? Perhaps it is just frozen because of the recent cold weather?

Any help would be appreciated, BTW I drive a 90 TSI AWD, thanks.

 

[Defiant]

Salt things there, do they? Get under the car and find out what all's seized up. Better to replace what you can if you see a lot of corrosion. And replace missing clips and other hardware.

 

[90blacktsiawd]

I'm having the same problem as you actually. And it's even the same brake (drivers side rear) I notice if i take the wheel off i can manually move the ebrake line back to where it should be. But if i just use the lever inside the cabin i can engage it but not disengage. I originally thought it was the spring on the caliper because it was worn and didn't have nearly the strength it should have to push the line back. Now I've installed a new caliper and the problem still remains. I'm figuring that replacing the ebrake line for that caliper will fix the problem but i don't want to jump the gun and buy it before i get under there to look. Hopefully it's just getting snagged on something. Let me know what you find out when you get in there.

 

[AWDTalonDE]

Hi bringing this back up as my problem still exsists...since then I've checked everything out and it apperas the e-brake is being frozen...maybe...I'm thinking of replacing both e-brake cables. Anyone else have any suggestions?

 

[BoostedWilk]

Hi bringing this back up as my problem still exsists...since then I've checked everything out and it apperas the e-brake is being frozen...maybe...I'm thinking of replacing both e-brake cables. Anyone else have any suggestions?

Thats what I would suggest...same thing happended to me on my 1g....I was going to replace the cables....then next thing I knew I was knee deep in a 6 bolt swap into a 2g

 

[Spyderman7]

The ebrake cables are probaly rusty and sticking.Just replace the cables and you should be fine.