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• Re: Brake work pictures
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 24 Jul 2009 18:21:48 -0700
  ...front disc brakes ? what model and what year was it introduced.......what car was that on ? additionally..........what did that caliper look like ( it...
• ATE/Teves Rebuilt Caliper Question (PICS)
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sat, 4 Apr 2009 15:56:54 -0700
  ...The rebuilt calipers I got each came with what looks like a copper crush washer. They were attached to the little plug(s) that...
• Re: Worth of Big Brake Kit...better brakes on 86 up vans...
  Historical mailing list - Paul Thomson
  Fri, 14 May 2004 11:36:28 -0700
  ...Additionally, the front disc brakes (rotors, calipers and pads) I removed from the van are in fine shape and they are for sale to...
• WANTED: used Vangon brake caliper 86-91 left
  Historical mailing list - mykarmann
  Tue, 7 Oct 2003 17:20:27 -0400
  The subject pretty much covers it. I'm located in NE OH and I hope to get things back on the road this weekend...
• Little bit of brake capliper info.
  Historical mailing list - aaron bright
  Sun, 13 Sep 2009 07:15:05 -0700
  ...cleaning up my brake system and noticed what I thought to be a grease fitting on the back on my caliper(??) just wanted to...
• grinding and growling
  Historical mailing list - Greg Marshall
  Tue, 4 Jun 2002 20:39:28 -0400
  ...I just had the rear brakes checked, and they're fine, and the front brakes were done last fall, with new rotors, calipers, and...
• Front brake line retainer clip
  Historical mailing list - Paul Thomson
  Fri, 19 Mar 2004 11:13:52 -0800
  I have misplaced one of the retainer clips the holds tension on the brake line at the bracket that attaches to the caliper. I...
• Re: adjusting front brakes?
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Schmitz
  Wed, 6 Dec 2000 16:05:16 -0800
  ...When you apply your disc brakes, hydraulic pressure forces the caliper piston out, causing the disc pads to grip the rotor. When you ease...
• Re: ATE Brake Calipers, NEW $99
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Sun, 30 Oct 2005 20:39:42 -0800
  ...OK, since these were on my 1989 European spec Syncro 16, there are more odd things than calipers. I just noticed they were different...
• Re: Jaguar vs Passat brakes on Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Thu, 2 Feb 2012 17:37:31 -0800
  Chris, At quick glance, the biggest difference is twin piston calipers for the Jag and single for the Passat's. BenT sent from my...
• Re: small car brake kit
  Historical mailing list - Dick Wong
  Mon, 23 Sep 2019 22:07:53 -0700
  ...small car brake kit Looks like a Girling 4143 caliper. Trying to ding brake pads online is proving to be difficult. On Mon, Sep...
• Need Used Parts 82 Diesel Westy
  Historical mailing list - Mark B. Magee
  Mon, 10 Nov 1997 09:32:25 -0600
  ...1) Right and Left disc brake calipers. 2) Front disc brake rotor, only 1 needed but will take the set if necessary. Enough steel...
• RE: Upgraded Brakes Bus/Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 31 Mar 97 05:09:46 UT
  ...article details a cheap upgrade to Porsche 914 brakes instead. The 914 uses an ATE caliper very much similar to the Vanagon, the primary...
• Re: Squealing brakes! Where to find missing shims?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 22 Oct 2014 21:53:44 -0400
  ...Girling calipers (retaining spring is H-shaped, retaining pins use external spring clip) add 'A' suffix to above numbers. Interesting, these ATE brakes were...
• Re: FS Brake Components
  Historical mailing list - Larry Hamm
  Mon, 22 Mar 1999 00:14:51 -0700
  Steve wrote: > > Front Rotors 85-90% new in excellent condition with 90% new > pads. $75 OBO > Steve, What year? Does that include the calipers...
• rusty brake bleed screws
  Historical mailing list - Jon Schaer
  Wed, 6 Oct 2004 20:24:45 -0400
  All, Any advice or tricks for un-sticking rusted caliper bleed screws? I'm leary of heating them much with a propane torch. Thanksomuch...
• spongie brakes
  Historical mailing list - Paul Gilland
  Fri, 15 Jun 2001 20:17:47 -0700
  ...pump the brakes to stop. Not safe, I know. Where should I look first - the master cylinder or the individual calipers/cylinders. It couldn...
• Re: Question about caliper, was Replacing front brake pads
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Sat, 20 Mar 2010 16:25:28 -0500
  ...Is the caliper bad? > > Thanks, > Bryan >
• Riggins, Idaho - brake caliper?
  Historical mailing list - A. Hurley
  Wed, 18 Aug 2010 15:40:05 -0400
  Hi, The 85 Vanagon seems to have blown a front drivers-side caliper. Wondering if anyone is near here that has a parts van...
• Fw: Re: Brake Pads - anyone use these yet
  Historical mailing list - Lynn Robson
  Wed, 21 Mar 2007 08:54:41 -0500
  ...OK for club level track use in rear calipers. http://www.buybrakes.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Store_Code=brakes <http://www.buybrakes.com/Merchant2...
• Re: Brake pad recommendations
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Fri, 20 Jul 2018 15:22:57 -0700
  Right! My ’85 brakes (professionally done) are not as good as my son’s ’87. I know the calipers and pads are different, I...
• Low Brake Pedal
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Baird
  Fri, 12 Nov 2004 16:45:30 -0500
  On my 85 Wolfie Auto, the brake pedal seems low. I have changed the fluid and adjusted the rear brakes, bled all the calipers...
• Re: small car brake kit
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Mon, 23 Sep 2019 18:08:25 -0300
  ...small car brake kit >> >> Looks like a Girling 4143 caliper. Trying to ding brake pads online is >> proving to be difficult. >> >> On Mon, Sep...
• Re: Problem: While Removing from Disc Brake Pads the top Caliper Receiving Bolt Wont Slide In & Out of the Carrier - Siezed
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 20 Jun 2011 16:44:18 -0400
  ...you must have transportation to go get a rebuilt caliper frame (or rebuilt caliper with frame). From the sound of it you'll be...
• Re: Rebuilt ATE Calipers Use a Gasket Between Halves? (Pics)
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Wed, 15 Apr 2009 16:30:57 -0700
  ...Big enough > > that brake pedal slowly sank when held down. The replacement caliper > > had "Neugon" on box. ( spelling could be incorrect. ...... > > > It's "NuGeon...
• Re: Lowering an 85'
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Thu, 13 Mar 2003 09:03:16 EST
  ...Of course you need new 15" rims, low profile tires, oversized brake kit for sure with nicely painted calipers!! That would look pretty phat...
• Re: Rear disks in a Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Sun, 21 Oct 2001 14:53:18 +0200
  ...I will eventually be buying their kit to fit front discs/calipers from > a Porsche 993, or custom brakes to fit my 16" CLK...
• Re: Big brake kit question for `87 Syncro
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Thu, 28 Jul 2011 17:55:37 -0400
  ...or calipers how > easy or hard will they be to find? Stock brake parts are readily available > but what about SA brake parts? > > Any...
• '86 up brake improvent on vanagon??
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 9 Jul 2003 01:32:02 EDT
  ...NETCOM.COM writes: > An oh yeah, I forgot to mention the brake improvement starting in '86. > Going from my '85 to the '90 it...
• Re: Causes of Brake Pull at Highway Speeds? UPDATE
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Sun, 26 May 2013 20:55:54 -0500
  ...If it's caliper-hose replacement time, a big brake kit, or later style Vanagon brakes make a lot of sense. These old style...
• Re: Upgraded Brakes Bus/Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 27 Mar 1997 17:48:02 -0400 (AST)
  At 15:40 27/03/97 -0600, DEREKWH125@aol.com wrote: >I have a set of 914 calipers and rotors for sale $500 (includes...
• brake piston adjustment/pliers
  Historical mailing list - Michael Rule
  Wed, 27 Oct 2004 14:40:56 -0700
  Hi All, In trying to again solve my obnoxiously-squeaky FRight brakes, I learned that the caliper (Teves aka ATE on the ETKA, AFAIK...
• Re: Braided Steel Flexible Brakelines
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Mon, 12 Aug 2002 21:43:50 -0700
  ...They take a brake caliper >attached to a brake line and secure the other end of the line to an >armature. This armature then...
• Re: Brake fluid servicing
  Historical mailing list - Harry Yates
  Mon, 7 Oct 1996 07:47:08 +0000
  ...km on the original brakes!!), I extracted the piston from the caliper. There was NO corrosion in the caliper. This is owed to clean...
• torque for front wheel caliper bolts?
  Historical mailing list - Bill Kasper
  Fri, 9 Nov 2001 11:58:18 -0800
  can anyone with a bentley handy tell me please what the torque numbers are for the two bolts that hold the brake calipers on...
• Re: caliper pics
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 3 Feb 2011 16:15:38 -0800
  ...caliper pics > > posted a couple of pics of my brake caliper fiasco here: > > http://shufti.wordpress.com/2011/02/03/bleeding-failure/ > > I hope...
• Re: "Axle" wheel nut removal...the rest of the story.
  Historical mailing list - jon
  Sun, 15 Feb 2009 18:17:12 -0800
  Being the stbborn folks that I am, I was determined to get the brake drum off without removing the axle nut. What finally worked...
• Re: Remove Brake Caliper: Steering Knuckle Off Vehicle
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Tue, 21 Jun 2016 08:30:17 -0700
  ...Sadly, a caliper bleed screw is sheared off and won't come out. I was planning to rebuild these caliper so myself but will...
• Re: Brakes still going to the floor
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sat, 24 Oct 2009 10:57:54 -0700
  ...sticking" to caliper interior, this may help them come loose so they can be bled out. Last time I bled my brakes, I pumped...
• Re: Vendors turning up wrong from caliper. Anyone know what's going on?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 8 Nov 2013 11:11:52 -0600
  ...See > http://www.van-cafe.com/home/van/page_739_420/brake_caliper_-_ate_right.html > > > So it might not be the wrong part...
• Re: WTB: Caliper Guide Pins for Vanagon Girling Calipers (was Audi 200/5000)
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Mon, 15 Feb 2010 09:03:28 -0500
  ...I tried to take some off some Golf calipers but >> they were too small for the G60's. >> >> http://www.rangerovers.net/maintenance/brake4m...
• Re: WTB:Syncro Left Front Brake Caliper
  Historical mailing list - Bob Norman
  Mon, 12 Jul 1999 10:19:51 -0230
  ...I'll > replace the whole $%#^& unit. > > Somewhere someone has a front left brake caliper in a pile of "useful > items". Maybe its time to...
• '88 Vanagon disc brakes
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 13 Dec 2015 11:23:47 -0600
  Just did a complete front brake job. New rotors, new races, bearing, and seals. Well lubed. New Girling pads. Adjusted bearing washer pressure per...
• Warped discs and silly honda theories
  Historical mailing list - Clive Smith
  Fri, 19 Jul 2002 22:07:32 +0100
  ...on the brake after heavy braking. (The theory being that the rotor cools differently where it's clamped by the caliper.) Personally, the only...
• Re: '84 value?
  Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
  Tue, 27 Nov 2007 16:27:32 -0800
  ...You would have to get the steering knuckles off an '86 or newer model in order to use the newer brake rotors and calipers...
• Re: Brakes- the saga continues
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Thu, 1 May 2014 08:14:40 -0400
  ...If the bleed screw used is not at the very top of the caliper chamber, a bubble can remain. Sometimes loosening the brake line...
• Re: brake pedal pumping / master cyl Q
  Historical mailing list - Smola, Tony
  Sat, 17 Mar 2001 20:50:48 -0600
  ...get some calipers cheap. Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2001 07:50:03 -0600 From: Larry Alofs <lalofs@ENTERACT.COM> Subject: Re: Brake pedal pumping...
• Re: Mushy brake pedal question
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Mon, 13 Mar 2000 14:45:53 -0800
  ...If so, your rear brakes are out of adjustment. If not, you could try replacing all the hoses. Did you put the calipers on...
• Re: Jaguar vs Passat brakes on Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
  Thu, 2 Feb 2012 18:24:09 -0800
  There are a couple Jag options, but the most explored uses a four piston caliper and either a 280mm Eurovan rotor, or a 284mm...
• Audi G60 Caliper Carriers, source?
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Tue, 2 Aug 2011 08:53:32 -0400
  ...Audi Caliper Carriers used on the G60 equipped cars such as the 200 quatro? These are popular items in adding big brakes to a...
• Re: FTE Brake Master Cylinder: Failing Seal? PICS
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Wed, 22 Jul 2015 11:05:42 -0700
  ...with, say, a caliper, can air get into the caliper when fluid is being pushed out bleeder? On 7/22/15, Jim Felder <jim...
• Re: Improved front brakes?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Tue, 23 Nov 2004 23:25:52 +1300
  ...big brakes available for both early & late vans. Both 2wd and Syncro. >3) Several folks have upgraded to non-VW rotors and calipers. Some...
• Re: Remove Brake Caliper: Steering Knuckle Off Vehicle
  Historical mailing list - Scott - IMAP
  Sun, 19 Jun 2016 15:17:58 -0700
  ...I'm considering upgrading my 1981 Westy to the later style > knuckle to allow > for the better later style caliper or big brake kit...
• VR6 stopping, 4-disc-brakes almost finished!
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Tue, 20 Nov 2001 11:09:57 +0100
  ...But I am almost finisdhed with my brake conversion. The front vented Audi discs and calipers are great, exactly like the Oettinger ones. I...
• Re: Rocky Montain Motorworks Pricing
  Historical mailing list - OPD
  Wed, 6 Dec 2000 05:03:12 -0800
  At 04:13 AM 12/6/00 -0600, Mark Ingalls wrote: >Volks, > >I ordered new Brake Calipers for my 85 GL from RMMW's...
• Rotors, Bearing, Brakes
  Historical mailing list - Blake Thornton
  Sat, 13 Sep 2003 21:42:16 -0500
  Well, I've got a sticky front caliper so I've got to replace both calipers. Anyway, I'm thinking I will replace the...
• Re: 84 head job update and questions
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Fri, 31 May 2002 23:56:27 -0400
  ...Use a large C-clamp instead of a caliper retractor to open up your brake calipers. You can use a razor blade instead of...
• Re: better brakes on 86 up
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Tue, 15 Jul 2003 12:46:04 -0400
  ...Now I wonder if you have the ability to compare this to the Big Brake kits... On Tuesday, July 15, 2003, at 12:10...
• Brake Caliper Bolt Saga
  Historical mailing list - Mark Ingalls
  Sat, 18 Nov 2000 13:34:16 CST
  ...One note is that using a torch close to the brake caliper like I did may result in the caliper seals failing, I will...
• Re: Has anyone heard about Overland's Audi big brakes for Vanagons 2wd & Syncro? I have this set....
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Sun, 26 Mar 2006 13:12:23 -0500
  There should also be some shims to properly align the calipers. When I got the SA big brake kits, one came with the shims...