Could be the stainless shims were not used actually called anti-rattle or anti-squeak shims. About $6.00. If not, use anti squeal grease on back of pads and be sure the contacts points are correctly lubed. in other words, brake grease where the metal touces the metal and zip on the pads.

I just bought a used factory rear roof wind deflector for my 97 850. It has the mounting brackets and I can see that it uses double-sided tape. I just cant tell how th brackets mount to the hinges. Help! Does the tape go on first? what holds the bracket to the hinge?

Im going to attempt the change over from my stock but inop airpump on my 97 850 turbo. Ive been told the change over works as well with a 960 pump. Any input about this? Second, how in the world do I get the bolts out from the bottom of the sas valve. There is just no room. Do I remove the large hea...

I had the same problem with a short torx not fitting in on my 97 850. Very easy solution though at zip cost. Start car, remove fuel pump fuse under hood and let the car run out of fuel. Then, using the correct flare nut wrench, remove the fuel line that is actually in the way of the torx nut and the...

Thanks for the thoughts. I'm well aware of the 850 airpump link here on this site. It just didn't give me enuf info other than a VW part number. RE the a/c air mix issue..I've certainly eliminated that. My concern is..how do I access the heater control flaps as the issue has been traced to that prob...

If you are talking about the carpets and cloth seats, then steam cleaning is OK. NEVER, EVER use steam on leather. If you think cotten shrinks in hot water, wait till you see what steam does to leather.

Thanks for the update..I've also been told that the airpump from a Volvo 960 will work doing the same alterations.

In the section regarding the use of a VW airpump as a replacement for my 97 850 Turbo, was the VW pump correct for the Turbo motor? What model VW is it from? Next horrible issue. I just bought this car and I found the a/c blows cold on the right side but horrificly hot on the left vents no matter wh...