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Offline dadawg22

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This just fell off of my 2007 mk5 FSI
« on: Yesterday at 11:33:57 pm »
for some context, yesterday my car began to make a pretty audible scraping noise while moving - sounded like sheet metal being rubbed against, and that day the wheels seemed "stuck" when I initially backed it out of the garage. led me to suspect a seized caliper.

began investigating with the rear passenger side brake when I noticed this thing dangling in the air, I poked it and it fell off. I suspect it's just holding a cable in place?

the rear caliper is actually scraping too so that's gonna be a fun job, but what exactly is this pin and will I be able to drive to the parts store with it missing? I have not been able to determine where it fits after having jacked the vehicle up.



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Re: This just fell off of my 2007 mk5 FSI
« Reply #1 on: Today at 02:08:14 am »
I think it hangs the park brake cable onto the suspension trailing arm or somewhere along the cables route  :sad1:
« Last Edit: Today at 02:17:40 am by GVK »

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Re: This just fell off of my 2007 mk5 FSI
« Reply #2 on: Today at 06:30:54 am »
You're probably right, I noticed that the parking brake line is a lot less secured than I expected it to be. Thanks!