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• Re: Lifespan of Platinum plugs in 2.1L?
  Historical mailing list - Jorge Osorio
  Sat, 28 Jun 2003 22:08:13 -0400
  ...Replaced plugs for Platinum +4 Cap & Rotor ,and wires. My old plugs were also the regular vanilla bosch. My plugs were not brown but...
• Re: Rotors, Bearing, Brakes
  Historical mailing list - joe brown
  Tue, 16 Sep 2003 14:15:29 -0700
  ...Anyway, I'm thinking I will replace the rotors too, but I notice that I might have to press my bearings out to do...
• Re: Undoing the big nut on the upper ball joint - who knows how?
  Historical mailing list - raceingcajun
  Sat, 27 Apr 2013 18:42:08 -0500
  ...This can happen when the rotors get scored and the bearings have a little slack, the pads "follow" the groves on the rotor, makeing...
• Re: No injector spray pattern
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 28 Sep 2009 18:05:32 -0700
  ...Then spin the rotor by hand with the key on. You can hear the fuel pump run, watch for spark from the coil wire...
• Re: Brakes
  Historical mailing list - t obrien
  Tue, 7 Dec 1999 21:13:35 GMT
  ...that's a good one! >Wow, that guy really saw you coming! Find another mechanic, fast! > >I still have the original rotors and drums...
• Re: Squeaky Mintex brake pads anyone?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Fri, 28 Jan 2005 18:25:29 -0800
  ...Any similar experiences > with these pads or > rotors or advice? Any recommendations for pads would > also be > appreciated, but I believe the topic has...
• Re: Help w/2.1 What am i missing?
  Historical mailing list - Darren Lastfogel
  Tue, 9 Jun 2009 06:15:08 -0400
  That is a good idea, I know the rotor is turning but maybe it jumped. Darren > Date: Mon, 8 Jun 2009 22:11:49...
• Re: Any desire for high performance brakes??? Read iffin interest ed!!
  Historical mailing list - Mike Ray
  Mon, 17 Apr 2000 17:29:25 -0400
  ...They may eat rotors, but at least on my Syncro the rotors aren't too expensive. Mikey
• Re: How to check if the Alternator is damaged or broken
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Tue, 17 Jan 2006 16:15:33 -0500
  ...Thats all.You see, the rotor is a rotating magnet,and the rotor shaft contacts the bearing cover, so it becomes magnetic too.I...
• Re: Big brake kit question for `87 Syncro
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Thu, 28 Jul 2011 14:38:16 -0700
  ...Looks like A6 rotors to me. >> >> >> BenT >> >> sent from my electronic leash >> >> On Jul 28, 2011, at 12:48 PM, Kim Brennan <kimbrennan@mac...
• Warped discs and silly honda theories
  Historical mailing list - Clive Smith
  Fri, 19 Jul 2002 22:07:32 +0100
  ...Modern cars have been shipping with thinner and thinner brake rotors, as a way of saving weight and improving EPA fuel economy numbers. Rubbish...
• 16" Syncro brake question
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Sat, 6 Jan 2001 20:46:42 EST
  ...However, the rotors are about an inch bigger. The caliper also looks different. IIRC the SA rotors are bigger as well as vented. Seems...
• Need rotors and calipers?
  Historical mailing list - Ryan Alfonso
  Tue, 10 Jul 2001 16:26:59 -0700
  Howdy people! I've got a set of rotors and calipers (real VW stuff) that came from my '89 Westfalia after just 3,000...
• Re: Jaguar vs. Passat brakes on Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Sat, 4 Feb 2012 14:03:08 -0700
  ...Yes most front drive vehicles use a flange hub with the > rotors slipped on or over and many use bolts threaded into those > hubs...
• Re: Drilled Rotors vs. Big Brake Kit
  Historical mailing list - pensioner
  Wed, 6 Nov 2002 14:52:16 -0800
  ...Drilling rotors actually has very little effect in terms of increasing braking force. It does allow slightly better cooling over the solid rotors and...
• Re: Volks Cafe (ie Volks Motorsports.com) is awesome!
  Historical mailing list - BRENT CHRISTENSEN
  Thu, 6 Apr 2000 09:34:00 -0700
  ...I guess I'll toss the rotors in the heap. (nice, shiny, machined, coated with silicone spray, and stored in a plastic bag with...
• Re: Front Berings, Shocks and Rear Brakes
  Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
  Wed, 10 May 2000 11:50:05 -0400
  ...I just got new rotors that I was going to install later on. I just realized that the bearings are pressed into the rotors...
• Re: Rear Disc Brakes?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Thu, 22 Dec 2005 11:36:31 -0800
  ...The non-turbo Audi cars have the wrong lug bolt pattern so those rotors won't work but the calipers may be the same...
• Re: Splash plate behind Rotors
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Thu, 7 May 2009 20:50:37 -0700
  ...How hard is it to replace the Splash Plate behind the Rotors, on an 80-85 > Westy? > > And How important is it, if I...
• Re: Brake upgrades and Power Slot Rotors?
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Thu, 4 Dec 2008 15:00:27 +0000
  ...Maybe BenT will chime in here? All these kinds of larger front calipers/rotors require at least 15" rims. bob > Is there any good...
• Re: freebies freebies
  Historical mailing list - Luis Nunez
  Sat, 8 Mar 2003 14:45:19 EST
  windows, rotors drums, engine parts, doors, radiator, fan etc..
• Re: No Start
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Tue, 15 May 2007 16:55:48 -0400
  I believe that the rotor turns towards the right.
• Fw: Re: Brake Pads - anyone use these yet
  Historical mailing list - Lynn Robson
  Wed, 21 Mar 2007 08:54:41 -0500
  ...I can actually see the metal transfer on the rotors. Started having the bouncy brakes in maybe 2,000 miles. Not always there but...
• Re: Vanagon Brake Pads - Bendix TitaniuMetallic ii
  Historical mailing list - TC
  Sun, 3 Jun 2007 07:12:21 -0700
  ...I had the same pads in my Alero and there so hard they warped my rotors, do you think they will do the same...
• Re: (fwd) FS---Finally: Vanagon Cross-Drilled Rotors (fwd)
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Sat, 23 May 1998 11:51:37 EDT
  ...Vanagon Cross-Drilled Rotors > >Recently we here at RoadSport America Racing developed something which >previously was not available to Vanagon owners: cross-drilled front...
• Front Suspension Overhaul
  Historical mailing list - Kurt Camealy
  Wed, 11 Feb 2004 19:44:22 -0500
  ...Also will the front rotors have to be removed to take out the bottom ball joints? I just recently replaced the front rotors and...
• Re: Disc brake setup, info finally!
  Historical mailing list - VW Doka
  Mon, 13 Apr 2009 12:50:17 -0400
  ...You have to get your old rotors > machined by a local shop/mechanic. > The 288mm version needs at least 15" rims. The 312mm version...
• Re: SA big brakes: caliper rebuild kit?? UPDATE!----is there and alternative? like this...?
  Historical mailing list - Rajesh Injety
  Sun, 19 Feb 2006 07:51:23 -0800
  ...The rotors are slightly larger [more swept area], thicker, and vented for better cooling. I went with Audi A6 rotors and 200Q calipers for...
• Re: size of nut (bolt?) on crankcase pulley?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:38:42 -0800
  ...With the cap off the dizzy you can see which way the rotor points on each engine in their current position. Make sure the...
• Re: Rear disks in a Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Mon, 29 Oct 2001 01:39:09 EST
  ...Does the A4 rotor (disc) require the rear hubs to be cut smaller? I would guess that this is a thin not vented rotor...
• FS: SA Big Brakes in San Francisco now
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Wed, 13 Mar 2002 14:12:01 EST
  ...These include the new front hubs, bearings, seals, hoses, rotors, calipers (w/pads). Syncros basically only need the caliper ad rotors. Maybe split the...
• Confused about valve adjustment
  Historical mailing list - Dan Erlandson
  Sun, 22 Jun 2003 11:07:33 -0400
  ...That puts the rotor 180 o (clockwise) from the notch. Stan's post in the archives seems to say set #1 and rotate crnakshaft...
• Re: Puh-Leeeeze Help!
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Fri, 8 Jun 2001 09:22:40 -0700
  ...The rotor should be pointing at #1. Turn the distributor till the notch in the lip of the dist. body is under the rotor...
• Re: small car brake kit
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Casal
  Mon, 23 Sep 2019 13:12:08 -0400
  ...I’m > guessing the rotor may be a little warped that’s why it’s making that > horrendous sound. Does anyone know where to...
• Re: Squealing Brakes
  Historical mailing list - Mick Kalber
  Tue, 2 Oct 2001 12:05:07 -1000
  ...or rust formed on the rotor itself? mick hilo, hawaii ----- Original Message ----- From: The Bus Depot <vanagon@BUSDEPOT.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM...
• Re: Front Brake Pad Replacement
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 29 Jan 2003 15:56:47 -0800
  ...He has an 88, different caliper, pads, and rotor. Mark Stan Wilder wrote: > > No big deal John. > Remove the front wheel. > Use a punch...
• Re: cat failure....
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Tue, 3 Oct 2006 21:31:16 -0400
  ...knew i had to still > install the new distributor rotor and cap, since it looked like this: > http://www.outdoorinsider.blogspot.com/ but since...
• Re: I have to ask the List
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Mon, 5 Jun 2000 12:16:20 -0700
  ...Zoltan Kuthy wrote: > > Hi Guys > I have checked the rotors with a clock and only one was showing one > thousandth run out. > But the...
• Re: pulsing rear brakes
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Wed, 1 Aug 2007 16:48:24 -0400
  ...Most times it is warped rotors. My brakes pulsated and they were the back brakes. The Vanagon was up on blocks and the block...
• Re: searching archive
  Historical mailing list - Tom Moritz
  Sun, 26 Aug 2001 17:25:22 -0700
  ...Say you wanted to find something on vented rotors. Well this might be under vented rotors or vented brakes. I would send an e...
• Another Bus parts deal, Brake rotors and pads
  Historical mailing list - Jim DiGennaro
  Wed, 23 Jun 1999 22:17:59 -0400
  ...This time, Pads and Rotors for 73-91 Buses and Vanagons. Heres the deal: Front pads: '73-85 Bus and Vanagon $30 bucks, that...
• Re: wheel bearings for '82 diesel westy
  Historical mailing list - Cetin Seren
  Tue, 21 Jan 1997 13:07:36 -0500 (EST)
  ...In these models, they are a tight fit to the inside of the disk brake rotor (the disk brake rotor and the wheel hub...
• Re: Brake part assist
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 9 Aug 2004 22:34:42 -0400
  ...Brake part assist I have brand spankin new calipers, pads and rotors for a 1989 Vanagon. Does anyone know if they will fit on...
• '85 Westy Front Pads/Rotors Replacement Help
  Historical mailing list - MMunn
  Sun, 13 Apr 2003 15:15:07 -0700
  Next weekend, I'll be replacing the front brakes (pads/rotors) on my '85 Westy and would appreciate any help with the job. I...
• Re: Distributor replacement choices???
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Fri, 21 Jan 2000 19:27:37 EST
  ...I have not actually used the unit, but I like the idea of not having a distributor cap and rotor to mess with or...
• Re: hall sender in the audi 4000 same as vanagon 83-85 237-011-050 ??
  Historical mailing list - TC
  Thu, 17 Nov 2005 11:40:57 -0800
  ...The rotor/reluctor provided in the 050 is for 4 cylinder models. In many cases the rotor/reluctor does not usually need replacing (all...
• Re: Retrofitting power steering-is it worth it?/BRAKES
  Historical mailing list - John Anderson
  Tue, 5 May 1998 20:27:02 -0400
  ...Will it really help? Who knows, MSDS used to sell a substantially upgraded drilled rotor kit paired with some trick pads, to go along...
• Re: brakes
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 20 Oct 2004 19:08:52 -0400
  ...Larger pad surface area, larger single piston caliper and 15mm thick rotors to absorb heat. Vented rotors do not help for single panic stops...
• Is anybody here interested in billet aluminum hubs for Porsche brake rotors to fit their Vanagons?
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Mon, 3 Mar 2008 17:24:59 -0800
  ...You buy the rotor separately, and that bolts to the hubs. Vendor is projecting a price in the $500 range including correct bearings (front...
• Re: Hall sender bad? Unt why?
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Fri, 23 Mar 2007 22:20:25 -0400
  ...About three months ago, I replaced the rotor with one NOT coded for Hall sensor vehicles, as I wasn't aware there was a...
• Re: Cause of brake rotor warping
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Fri, 13 Sep 2013 16:55:16 +0000
  ...when\where, that there > is no such thing as a warped rotor, but simply high/low spots due to > uneven wear which gives the...
• Re: Who can sell me cross drilled Syncro disc?
  Historical mailing list - Helmut Zeidler
  Fri, 16 Oct 1998 12:49:19 +0200
  ...First of all are >there vented "GTI" discs for it or is >there just the solid style rotors. >If vented rotors are not an...
• Re: Big Brakes (install)
  Historical mailing list - Chris Radcliffe
  Sun, 27 Jun 2004 22:04:48 -0700
  ...Putting the new rotor on had me scratching my head for a few minutes. The new rotor does not have a screw to hold...
• Was Brake Rotor Squeal. Now tuning and timing research
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Sat, 9 Jun 2001 08:04:10 -0800
  ...I've heard that > > hard spots exist in the rotors of some vehicles. Whether it is a > > manufacturing defect or a abused rotor I...
• Re: [Syncro] 89 Syncro Westy Rotors Needed
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Fri, 11 May 2001 08:17:00 -0500
  ...The BD rotors are most likely Italian made - I got a set of these from Ken at Vanagain last year, and they seem to...
• Re: Injectors get no juice
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Tue, 26 Feb 2013 11:26:24 -0800
  ...Basically, you mark rotor and distributor position, loosen and pull distributor out far enough so rotor can be turned by hand. Turn key to...
• Re: 93.4% of the way there
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Schmitz
  Thu, 21 Dec 2000 15:13:07 -0800
  ...when i seated the distributor while crank > was at tdc notch, the rotor only seated where it faced #3 cylinder. i > thought the rotor...
• Re: Need advice on Brake issues and shifting issues
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drexler
  Wed, 9 Dec 2009 10:52:38 -0500
  ...I can't believe that someone knowledgeable would replace pads and rotors without making darn sure the calipers were good. Since the rotors were...
• Fwd: RE: Brake Repair '81 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Tue, 21 Jul 1998 13:16:34 -0700
  ...Front rotors= 50ea 100 (I think that your front hubs and rotor are seperate so you might not need to get these yet*) *Ft...
• Re: Brake rotor wear
  Historical mailing list - Ken Hunter
  Sun, 20 Feb 2000 14:18:13 EST
  ...best price on them and probably has a good price on rotors too. (my $.02) Ken Hunter 82 Westy 1.9D 84 Jetta 1...