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• Volks Conversions rear-disc kits (Australia): AVOID!
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 6 Feb 2001 19:19:21 +1200
  ...I am studying mechanical engineering so I did some calculations on the caliper backing plate and found it to be totally under designed for...
• Re: Remove Brake Caliper: Steering Knuckle Off Vehicle
  Historical mailing list - Scott - IMAP
  Sun, 19 Jun 2016 16:25:31 -0700
  Hi Niel, those early calipers arn't that great for sure. I've seen LOTS of them with sticky pistons, especially the outer pistons...
• Re: Replacing Front 84 Brake Discs
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 25 Apr 2010 11:27:37 -0700
  ...Also, I am wondering if I will have to disconnect the caliper from the line to be able to remove the Brake Disc? It...
• 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
  ...I went with Audi A6 rotors and 200Q calipers for this reason, MUCH larger swept area. Karl Robert Smythe wrote: > Forgive my usual ignorance...
• Re: [Syncro] Larger 303mm Syncro brakes
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Wed, 4 Jun 2008 18:54:56 -0700
  ...He redrilled my Audi dual-piston calipers but installation on my Syncro 16 requires a larger 300mm disc. Sounds like 303 would be almost...
• Re: Riggins, Idaho - brake caliper?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Tue, 7 Sep 2010 13:32:44 -0700
  ...Hurley <ahurley@shopviewit.com> wrote: > It's been a few weeks - I had a local shop in Fall City replace the > caliper as I...
• Identifying brake calipers
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Thu, 9 Jul 2015 21:46:35 +0000
  ...rather, condition and circumstances dictate) that I need to replace the calipers. They seemed fine when I last did the brakes a few years...
• Re: Euro van brakes
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Fri, 26 Nov 2004 15:34:30 -0700
  ...I am wondering how close the > caliper > would be to fitting or if it is totally incompatible with the vanagon > steering knuckle.....Just a...
• Re: Eccentric hub?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 8 May 2014 09:14:17 -0700
  Yeah right john, Gotta machine those brake cylinders, clutch cylinders, calipers, etc etc :) Alistair > On May 8, 2014, at 8:57 AM, JRodgers <jrodgers113...
• Re: Stainless Steel Coolant Lines Now Available!
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Wed, 13 Jul 2005 07:55:55 -0700
  ...hold the hoses in place? Also, what's the wall thickness on these? (what? you don't have a dial caliper on your desk? :)
• Speed Bleeder for bleeding brakes?
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Thu, 14 Jun 2007 20:06:25 -0700
  This looks like a cool one-way bleeder. (available for front calipers at least--I wonder if they have one for the clutch slave...
• Re: Brake Caliper Done?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 17 Mar 2012 17:48:56 -0500
  ...that piston back in no matter what I do. �It this thing toast? �I just put these calipers on two years ago. > > Thanks, > Bryan
• Re: Causes of Brake Pull at Highway Speeds? UPDATE
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Sun, 26 May 2013 13:43:51 -0700
  ...He thinks a faulty rebuilt caliper may be causing the pull. He has found that with some rebuilt calipers, the piston O ring (seal...
• Re: Frustration in Brake Land
  Historical mailing list - Michael Moery
  Fri, 2 Nov 2001 17:52:01 -0900
  I had a dragging brake caliper problem several years ago on my '82. After much frustration and work, I decided to disassemble and inspect...
• Re: Questions about brake bleeding
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Casal
  Tue, 5 May 2020 13:52:59 -0400
  ...Bleeding was going great (left the screen in)till I got to the left caliper and the kid that installed the bleeder screw tightened...
• Re: Mysterious Vanagon Problem - Will not move.
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Mon, 19 Aug 2002 15:08:36 -0400
  ...Turns out that one of the caliper bolts came out and the caliper was cocking on the rotor and jamming it (it did the...
• Re: Leaking Caliper
  Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
  Thu, 6 Apr 1995 13:24:29 -0700 (PDT)
  ...do the trick, and from > those pessimists who think a new caliper is in order. I priced the rebuild kits recently, they were about...
• Re: Euro van brakes
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Fri, 26 Nov 2004 13:12:23 -0800
  ...I am wondering how close the > caliper > would be to fitting or if it is totally incompatible with the vanagon > steering knuckle.....Just a...
• Re: [Syncro] Why SA big brakes saved my ass today
  Historical mailing list - Damon Campbell
  Mon, 7 Mar 2005 17:37:46 -0800
  ...caliper > brakes > >>Leon > >>86 Syncro > > > >Are they a simple bolt-on deal, or do they require > some fabrication? I'm > >looking at new calipers...
• Re: 1981 Brake Caliper Decision
  Historical mailing list - Jon VO
  Mon, 18 May 2015 19:08:13 -0600
  That looks right, I think. If incorrect, the spring end jammed the adjust pawl, and the brakes just did not adjust out correctly. On...
• Brake dust indicator
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Wed, 13 Aug 2014 14:01:44 -0700
  ...Could this be a sign of a hanging caliper? Mike in Cotati, no matter what BenT says.
• Re: Brake whoas
  Historical mailing list - Sean B.
  Fri, 5 Oct 2001 11:16:34 -0700
  Scott, The only way you can go with the oversized (RSA - Republic of South Africa) rotors/calipers is if you go up to 15...
• Re: Low Brake Pedal, Caliper Piston Movement.
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sun, 5 Jul 2015 00:14:27 -0700
  ...My other thought is that maybe something is wrong with the calipers. Could the calipers have been rebuilt (poorly) in such a way that...
• anti squeel shims install questions
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Sat, 25 Jul 2015 12:05:15 -0400
  ...I’m waiting for another missing part, a broken spreader spring, on the same caliper to arrive and then I’m ready to install...
• Der Brakes
  Historical mailing list - Matt Bushore
  Fri, 20 Jan 1995 09:45:21 -0600
  ...If you have a pair of very large channel locks, pushing the piston back into the caliper shouldn't be very hard. Just clamp...
• Re: Front Brakes & Ball joint Q's [Syncro]
  Historical mailing list - Buettner, Peter
  Tue, 14 Mar 2000 07:20:05 -0800
  Maybe you just had a bad caliper day. I rebuilt mine a couple of weeks ago and it took me about 30 minutes max...
• SVX-powered crewcab pickup blows trans
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Tue, 7 May 2002 21:34:00 +1200
  ...If you want to keep your 16"-wheels, we could make a kit with brembo-rotor with 310mm diameter and 993 turbo calipers and...
• Re: Vanagon Front Brakes
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Fri, 26 Mar 2010 20:00:34 -0700
  But to be clear, at least to me, for the older style caliper, one bleeds only the uppers if, say, installing a new master...
• Re: How to spend $500 dealer credit in 40 days?
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sun, 19 Mar 2017 09:14:41 -0700
  I'd suggest - brake components (rotors, pads, calipers, drums, brake booster etc etc) - radiator - A/C compressor - AFM (if they have it) - bunch of...
• Re: Thread size of vanagon brake fittings?
  Historical mailing list - Ryan Press
  Wed, 18 Sep 2013 16:37:45 -0700
  ...2013 at 3:43 PM, Jim Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote: > What is the thread pitch and diameter on vanagon calipers? > > Thanks, > > Jim >
• Causes of Brake Pull at Highway Speeds? UPDATE
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sun, 26 May 2013 11:22:21 -0700
  ...He thinks a faulty rebuilt caliper may be causing the pull. He has found that with some rebuilt calipers, the piston O ring (seal...
• Re: Retrofitting power steering-is it worth it?/BRAKES
  Historical mailing list - John Anderson
  Tue, 5 May 1998 20:27:02 -0400
  ...My weight estimates are '86 on brakes feature Kelsey Hayes style calipers like all modern VW's, a floating 1 piston caliper design, superior...
• Problems problems
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Skerbitz
  Tue, 5 Aug 1997 20:21:07 -0500 (CDT)
  ...Replaced the calipers and had them heat up to sizzling. 3. Replace the Master cylinder and the booster and the whole mess under the...
• 82 westy brake troubles
  Historical mailing list - michael johnson
  Sat, 7 Dec 2002 19:56:22 -0800
  ...What would cause this? a bad sticking piston within the caliper? Or would it be caused by the pads not freely floating on the...
• Re: Low Brake Pedal, Caliper Piston Movement.
  Historical mailing list - Dick Wong
  Thu, 25 Jun 2015 22:15:13 -0700
  ...Low Brake Pedal, Caliper Piston Movement. Hi all. If maladjusted brake shows are causing a low pedal (it pumps up), does this initial low...
• Re: 4-wheel Porsche di$c brake for Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
  Tue, 7 May 2002 09:02:16 -0400
  ...This setup >would be comparable to the 993 turbo brakes and will fit your wheels. > >Whole kit (calipers, rotors, adaptors, brakelines, shims, bolts, >hydraulik...
• Success, no more squealing brakes
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Mon, 17 Aug 2015 18:56:41 -0400
  ...also one new caliper. Still they began to squeak with a little use. thanks to this list I learned that it was likely he...
• Re: Brake Squeal
  Historical mailing list - Steven Shelton
  Sat, 18 Jan 2020 09:22:41 -0500
  I should have mentioned that I have Ate calipers. On Sat, Jan 18, 2020 at 9:01 AM Spencer Allen <soxndubs1951@gmail.com> wrote...
• Re: Stuff Page Volkswagen vanagon syncro
  Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
  Mon, 17 Feb 2003 15:57:48 -0500
  ...vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > >I liked the Porsche brake calipers.. boxer calipers? anyone know? >I can't read German > > >At 01:08 PM 2...
• Re: Micrometers
  Historical mailing list - Harvey Chao
  20 Sep 1996 09:40:18 -0700
  Doug Cowan wrote: >Having worked in machine shops for years, believe me, a dial caliper is good to >0.001 inch. A mic is...
• Re: Moderator Comment Re: Rebuilt ATE Calipers Use a Gasket Between Halves? (Pics)
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Wed, 15 Apr 2009 16:34:10 -0700
  ...If you read the info on > the company site, > you may discover the calipers are rebuilt in the US. Some of us may not...
• Front brake job done on 77 Westy
  Historical mailing list - courtney hook
  Sat, 28 Jul 2012 17:44:16 -0600
  Alright, new brake pads, brake hardware, calipers, flexible hoses, and metal lines. If this thing still locks up the front passenger side prematurely after...
• Re: Uneven front brake pad wear?
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Mon, 15 Oct 2001 23:16:54 EDT
  In a message dated 10/15/01 5:59:09 PM, kitzmann@EXIS.NET writes: << I quess I need to get new calipers, please...
• Re: Replacing Front 84 Brake Discs
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 25 Apr 2010 17:10:17 -0700
  ...vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM >>> >>> I use a crowbar-like tool to pop off the bearing caps. >>> >>> you can undo the caliper and leave it...
• Re: Replacing Front 84 Brake Discs
  Historical mailing list - Jamie Fitterer
  Mon, 26 Apr 2010 04:19:55 +0000
  ...vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > > > > > > > > I use a crowbar-like tool to pop off the bearing caps. > > > > > > > > you can undo the caliper and leave it...
• Re: Need advice on Brake issues and shifting issues
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drexler
  Wed, 9 Dec 2009 10:52:38 -0500
  ...Sticky caliper also. To fix, need to change drums and maybe calipers. My position: Brakes were perfect on way in, so something changed. The...
• Re: WTB:Syncro Left Front Brake Caliper
  Historical mailing list - mike
  Sun, 11 Jul 1999 18:49:00 -0400
  ...I'll > replace the whole $%#^& unit. > > Somewhere someone has a front left brake caliper in a pile of "useful > items". Maybe its time to...
• Re: Front turn lenses '72 bus
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 11 Apr 1996 21:34:16 -0400
  ...Makes me wish that when I had the '73 for parts that I had taken the spindles, rotors, and calipers off when I took...
• Re: Uneven Brake pad wear
  Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
  Sun, 19 Feb 2006 16:56:06 -0800
  ...The calipers are newish Girling ones that I installed last spring, and the slider pins (?? what are those things called ??) on the calipers seemed...
• disk brake temp
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Clayman
  Sat, 30 Jun 2007 23:08:41 -0400
  ...How much do yours drag? Just replaced the rotors and pads and totally collapsed caliper. Jeff 87 Westy GL
• Hansen brake kits #1
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Mon, 5 Feb 2001 21:09:17 +1200
  ...Then you�d only have to >adapt the calipers... >We tried the same way on the rear of the van, machined the rear hub...
• Re: Brake work pictures
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 24 Jul 2009 18:54:50 -0700
  ...to push back the piston on those.......I use a giant pliers , on the caliper, with the caliper 'floating' ............like brake hose still attached...
• Re: Possibly NLA Suspension Parts
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sun, 8 Feb 2009 17:53:03 -0800
  ...I found it interesting too, that the core "charge" for each caliper was $150 Cnd. I was quite surprised. Especially considering that the actual...
• Re: Parking brake pressure (was I've had it)
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sun, 4 Jul 2010 15:38:03 -0700
  ...modern cars have the brake > calipers within the wheel base ...front caliper is towards the rear, rear > caliper is toward the front. Just to...
• Re: Dragging brakes
  Historical mailing list - Poppie Jagersand
  Mon, 23 Jun 2008 10:16:22 -0400
  ...When I finally got things replaces and was able to install the kit, the calipers seemed a little snug but I thought they were...
• Re: $$$Brake Job$$
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Mon, 18 Dec 2000 19:36:00 -0800
  ...Rotors $118 ea., Calipers, $129 ea., bearings & seals $100. Labor $319. I know calipers, same VW part # from Bus Depot are $79 ea. 60...
• Re: "Axle" wheel nut removal...the rest of the story.
  Historical mailing list - jon
  Sun, 15 Feb 2009 18:17:12 -0800
  ...I could not get the piston back into the caliper. So, I had to remove the caliper and use clamps to get it back...
• Re: 15" or 16" Alloys and Big Brakes
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Sun, 19 Nov 2000 12:42:19 EST
  Chris, I can relate to you what I saw in person with respect to the calipers. They look similar to your stock caliper but...
• Re: SA big brakes: caliper rebuild kit?? UPDATE!
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 19 Feb 2006 06:46:05 -0600
  Robert Smythe wrote: > Forgive my usual ignorance but I dont have both sets of parts, stock > and SA > caliper/discs staring me in the...
• Re: WTB:Syncro Left Front Brake Caliper
  Historical mailing list - Bob Norman
  Mon, 12 Jul 1999 10:19:51 -0230
  Larry, you can use the caliper with out the bleed screw, I've done it on my bug. (I've also snapped an ezout...