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75 Update, and some questions |
solex |
Mar 27 2005, 07:20 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 789 Joined: 12-January 05 From: Long Island, NY Member No.: 3,439 Region Association: North East States |
First thank you all for the help so far, I took some pictures of my 75 before things start to change. So far I have repaired:
- Some electrical problems, mainly related to the defroster heater motor and some interior lights. - Replace the rear struts with Bilsteins HD. - Added Hella H4's up front. - Pressure washed the under carrige (post attached pictures). - Completely flushed the brake fluid - Balanced all 4 tires to correct a vibration at 65 mph. - Purchased a NOS door to replace the drivers door - Purchased a deck lid to repair the original decklid that was missing the bracket for the J-Bolt - Changed the turn signal lenses. On to the questions: Brakes; I replaced the fluid, pressure bled the entire system and the brakes operate poorly. There is no pulling or pulsating, and the pedal feels fine there is simply not enough stopping pressure applied to the rotors. It is impossible to lock up the brakes, although the car will eventually stop I have to be extremely careful. What are your thoughts? Rear Alignment; I noticed that the rear of the drivers side tire is at an angle the back of the tire is farther out then the front of the tire when compared against the fender and the other side of the car. The difference is so much that it would limit the choice of tire width as it appeared to be a problem for the PO. A previous tire must have rubbed on the fender. Is this something that can be fixed by myself if so how would it be done? Attached image(s) |
MecGen |
Mar 27 2005, 08:48 AM
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8 Easy Steps Group: Members Posts: 848 Joined: 8-January 05 From: Laval, Canada Member No.: 3,421 |
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It looks like some basics checks are in order. Low quality pads that are ran too hard will loose permanently thier stopping ability. I would sugest you check your front calipers, if anything is wrong, now would be the time to look into a BMW conversion, this also takes care of the pads if you don't know what kind/ when the pads were changed, you can upgrade with the calipers. I will do exacly this when I am finished my curent project. I have the 19mm and braded lines already. I have had/driven lots of VW and a stock 914 is close but needs even more foot presure. A stock system that can't lock the wheels is really not unheard of, very good/easy/cheap results with the above stuff. I had read a article in European Car mag (long ago) and the author was trying this swap on a 914, at the end of the article he wrote something like " if I knew about this brake setup before I would never of bought my 5000$ Wildwood setup" but I suspect he was talking in general about the new brake swaps that are out there. Good post Regards (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/beerchug.gif) |
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