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• Der Brakes
  Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
  Fri, 20 Jan 1995 08:15:40 -0800 (PST)
  ...Maybe next time. > It has been recommended to replace all of the brake fluid when doing > a brake job. I don't do it...
• Re: Brake bleeding problems
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 25 Mar 2012 09:58:13 -0400
  ...Are these pressure bleeders (attach to brake fluid reservoir and push fluid through), or vacuum bleeders (attach to brake caliper/cylinder)? The latter ones...
• Re: Girling vs ATE Calipers
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Tue, 13 Nov 2007 17:58:31 -0800
  A great conversion is to the 86+ front brakes, assuming you can find a donor with all the parts for cheap. This makes a...
• Re: source for rebuilt ATE calipers?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 20 Jun 2012 19:00:15 -0700
  ...I do know that brake fluid 'likes' water a lot .. like it just absorbs water right out of the atmosphere. if it's greek...
• Re: Installing new brake pads in 90 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Stuart
  Sun, 11 Jul 1999 17:46:58 -0700
  ...calipers to replace the pads. I guess VW "improved" them with the '91's. When it comes to brakes, especially the marginal Vanagon brakes...
• Front disks '71 bus
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 3 Jan 1996 14:13:36 -0600 (CST)
  ...Oh, I replaced the seals in the calipers. I now have brakes! Also, the sound of the dying bearing is gone. I guess this...
• Re: 1981 Brake Caliper Decision
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sun, 17 May 2015 19:17:41 -0700
  ...Do you have a write up, or a link, for the bwm brake booster swap? > -- Neil n Blog: Vanagons, Westfalia, general <http://tubaneil.blogspot...
• Re: audi based big brakes
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Mon, 15 May 2006 23:22:32 -0600
  ...The new rubber line runs all the way from the steel brake line down to the caliper. My opinion is that you will be...
• Re: Brakes....
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sat, 25 Jun 2005 02:14:37 +1200
  >What brake systems are available for the vanagons. Want to increase my >stopping power. >Aware that I may have to switch wheels and some...
• Re: Aaaaargh! Brake failure (long)
  Historical mailing list - harald_nancy
  Mon, 17 Apr 2000 16:19:37 -0700
  ...2 always have front calipers rebuilt by a professional brake shop when replacing the pads, or buy new ones. I had very good success...
• Re: '86 Westfalia front brakes
  Historical mailing list - Bulley-Hewlett & Associates
  Tue, 20 Oct 1998 21:43:30 -0400
  Attempting to replace front pads but the piston in the caliper won't budge. Decided to open the bleeder valve to reduce the pressure...
• Re: cheap caliper
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Tue, 1 Dec 2009 10:06:59 -0600
  ...cheap caliper >> >> I was doing some brake work on the Vanagon over >> the weekend and might need to replace my left side caliper. I...
• rusted brake bleeder valves
  Historical mailing list - Darie Duclos
  Wed, 3 Apr 1996 18:39:07 +0200 (MET DST)
  ...changed the hoses that lead to the front calipers. However, I can't bleed the brakes because the valves are rusted in place. Trying...
• Re: Brakes....
  Historical mailing list - Matt Barclay
  Thu, 23 Jun 2005 11:55:25 -0700
  On Thu, 23 Jun 2005, Kim Brennan wrote: > The South African Big Brake kit (front wheels only) is pretty close to > a simple bolt...
• Re: Brake Expert Questions/PICS/Rant
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Wed, 15 Apr 2009 00:06:26 -0400
  ...seen nor heard of a caliper leaking from that seam. I would not be overly concerned about the brake fluid contamination of the pads...
• Re: front wheel hot to the touch? caliper dragging?
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Sun, 31 Jul 2005 12:01:35 -0600
  In years of working on vehicles I have seen several sticking calipers also with bad wheel bearings. We would have fun trying to analyze...
• Re: burning smell - brakes or tire?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Ohana
  Mon, 8 Jul 2013 19:30:52 -0700
  ...then use brake pressure to push the piston out a little, let off the brake ..lever the piston back into the caliper a little...
• Re: Riggins, Idaho - brake caliper?
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Wed, 18 Aug 2010 16:10:35 -0400
  Hi Andree, Calipers are available new for not a lot of $$$; If you're in a hurry then I'd try NAPA or your...
• Re: Big brake kit question for `87 Syncro
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Thu, 28 Jul 2011 15:48:14 -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...
• Re: rear disc brakes project
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Mon, 21 Nov 2011 18:04:53 -0600
  ...I paid about $185 for the calipers, including e-brake cables, carriers, hoses and lines; the Passat carriers I got from ebay for about...
• Re: SA big brakes: caliper rebuild kit?? UPDATE!
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Sun, 19 Feb 2006 22:33:02 -0500
  The easier replace pads is one reason why I went with the rear disc brakes on my Westy Syncro On Feb 19, 2006, at...
• Re: Caliper Bleeder Screw: RF Typically Seize More Often?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Thu, 2 Aug 2012 23:33:13 -0700
  ...They may have lost my business too not just the sale of a caliper. Absolutely. Oxy-acetylene. And me w/o that! Thought maybe...
• Re: Caliper Bleeder Screw: RF Typically Seize More Often?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 3 Aug 2012 01:09:10 -0400
  ...A good reason to regularly bleed the brakes to change the fluid and replacing the bleeders occasionally also helps. Propane torches are worthless at...
• Re: How do I determine the brand of my calipers?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 5 Jan 2010 09:41:03 -0600
  If you mean caliper, since it's in the front, no I don't think so because it stops evenly (though a little mushy...
• Re: Pedal Pressure & Brake Lights
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 3 Jul 2010 15:19:48 -0400
  ...If they're switching on *before* the brakes actually engage, you've got stuck calipers or some other mechanical issue. Yours, David
• Re: source for rebuilt ATE calipers?
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Tue, 19 Jun 2012 19:58:01 -0400
  On 6/19/2012 7:45 PM, Jason wrote: > Flush your brake fluid guys! Out of both ports. There's the top, bleeder port...
• 88 Double Cab Pickup For Sale Tornado Red
  Historical mailing list - Michael J Vickey
  Tue, 22 Jun 1999 07:09:49 -0400
  ...Gray Tweed Interior Many new parts including engine, exhaust parts, front brake calipers See it at http://www.velocity.net/~vickrail/moshevw.htm $15...
• Re: rusty brake bleed screws
  Historical mailing list - Bio
  Wed, 6 Oct 2004 21:38:00 -0400
  ...http://www.kanolabs.com/ Jon Schaer wrote: >All, > >Any advice or tricks for un-sticking rusted caliper bleed screws? I'm leary >of heating...
• Re: Front brake noise
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Sun, 20 Jan 2013 15:14:43 -0600
  Was there any pulsation in the brake pedal while the brakes were applied? Possible warped rotor! Depending on how bad they are warped ,may...
• Brake parts needed
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Wed, 2 Oct 2002 18:43:22 -0600
  ...There are two allen bolts that hold the top of the caliper in place. I need the dust cap that covers the inside of...
• Re: Stuff Page Volkswagen vanagon syncro
  Historical mailing list - mike boland
  Mon, 17 Feb 2003 14:07:55 -0600
  I liked the Porsche brake calipers.. boxer calipers? anyone know? I can't read German At 01:08 PM 2/17/2003 -0500, Marc...
• Re: Rebuiilding *#$&^ Brake calipers! [Syncro]
  Historical mailing list - Coby Smolens
  Sat, 11 Mar 2000 14:52:45 -0800
  ...Rebuiilding *#$&^ Brake calipers! [Syncro] You'd think it would be the simplest thing in the world, looking at them - a single o-ring and...
• pressure-relief doohickey
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 14 May 1996 11:56:34 +0100
  ...On a disk brake, however, the springs function is more or less taken by a rubber ring around the piston in the caliper. This...
• Re: wrench/socket (nut and bolt head) sizes
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 17 Jun 2011 20:24:58 -0700
  and some vanagon bleeders, my front calipers for example. the bigger bleeders that take the 8 mm are, I think, stronger. alistair On 17...
• Re: Rear disc brakes. Blower Motor. Secret Compartments.
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Mon, 20 Feb 2006 12:08:44 -0800
  ...http://members.aol.com/bentbtstr8/vanagoncafereardiscbrakeproject.html Worked fine without a brake pressure regulator. Parking brakes via Wilwood spot calipers. I do not have...
• Re: Brake Noises
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Thu, 2 Jun 2011 09:26:03 -0400
  ...2:17 Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM> napisał(a): > The later style brake caliper starting in 86 is easy to change pads on...
• Re: '88 Vanagon disc brakes
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Sun, 13 Dec 2015 12:44:54 -0800
  ...vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: '88 Vanagon disc brakes Just did a complete front brake job. New rotors, new races, bearing, and seals. Well...
• Re: Brakes went out
  Historical mailing list - Melissa Mourkas
  Thu, 6 Aug 2009 20:04:34 -0700
  ...I just ended up doing the master cylinder, brake booster, drums, shoes and wheel cylinders. Only thing we haven't done is calipers and...
• Re: Audi G60 Caliper Carriers, source?
  Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
  Tue, 2 Aug 2011 06:06:21 -0700
  ...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: rhein rims
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Mon, 1 Jun 2009 14:03:42 -0700
  ...After installing the big brake kit from Van > Cafe, I noticed that the clearance between caliper and wheel was very > small, but seemingly adequate...
• Brake system overview
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Mon, 15 May 2006 20:44:51 -0400
  Still trying to bleed my brakes, and getting no, or very little fluid from the front calipers. See my original message below. Now I...
• Re: source for rebuilt ATE calipers?
  Historical mailing list - Bill M
  Wed, 20 Jun 2012 20:06:11 -0400
  Scott hit the nail on the head with brake fluid absorbing the water. It then lowers the boil temp and becomes corrosive. Your best...
• Re: Wheel bearings or brakes
  Historical mailing list - Peter Zendzian
  Tue, 28 Jul 1998 22:13:27 -1000
  ...After that is done, remove the two bolts that hold the calipers on and the whole assembly comes right off. When done, make sure...
• Re: Disc Brake and Wheel Upgrade A work in progress
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 6 May 2020 18:53:29 -0700
  Looks superbe! Gonna give the details of what’s what, calipers rotors etc? Ab > On May 6, 2020, at 6:27 PM, Dennis Haynes...
• Re: Vendors turning up wrong from caliper. Anyone know what's going on?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 8 Nov 2013 12:25:32 -0500
  There are two different calipers used in those years. You will need to make a new line. It can and does work with the...
• Re: Winkler 4-wheel disc brakes
  Historical mailing list - Helmut Zeidler
  Thu, 3 Dec 1998 09:46:21 +0100
  ...But anyway, Winkler offers a four disk brake system which is originally designed by Oettinger, and both selling it on same price. I may...
• Re: Big brake kit question for `87 Syncro
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Thu, 28 Jul 2011 17:08:12 -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...
• Re: Little bit of brake capliper info.
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Mon, 14 Sep 2009 09:42:01 -0400
  ...cleaning up my brake system and > noticed what I thought to be a grease fitting on the back on my > caliper(??) just wanted to...
• Re: '84 value?
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Tue, 27 Nov 2007 15:59:57 -0800
  Can it be done to put 86+ brake calipers and rotators on an earlier 1.9 Vanagons? Are the spindles compatible between the two...
• Brake Problem....on '84
  Historical mailing list - Jason M. Yasment
  Wed, 18 Aug 1999 20:59:39 -0400
  OK....I just replaced the calipers, rotors, drums, hardware, cylinders, brake lines....everything but the master cylinder. Here are the symptoms: Little to no...
• Re: Brake Expert Questions/PICS/Rant
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Tue, 14 Apr 2009 22:31:34 -0700
  ...seen nor heard of a caliper leaking from that seam. I would not > be overly concerned about the brake fluid contamination of the pads...
• Re: No Brakes!
  Historical mailing list - Leon Korkin
  Thu, 12 Apr 2001 22:14:35 -0700
  ...Replaced worn front brake pads ( I compressed the pistons in the > calipers using a clamp) after which the previously good brake pedal > was not...
• Re: Brake Fade
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Sun, 11 Sep 2011 18:20:23 -0400
  ...caliper pistons.. >and guide pins if it's the later style ? > >I don't think you over did it especially .. >some hot brake smell...
• Re: Fryday - Mk IV Jetta question.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 25 Nov 2011 17:16:15 -0500
  ...My parents have a 2000 Jetta VR6 that needs new brakes soon. The rear calipers have to be turned while retracting with a special...
• Front brake pads
  Historical mailing list - Troy
  Fri, 5 Jun 2009 15:33:34 -0800
  ...that new self locking bolts must be used when re-fastening brake caliper housing. I spoke with bus depot and it sounded to me...
• '84 Brake Parts needed.........
  Historical mailing list - Jason M. Yasment
  Sun, 30 May 1999 12:33:30 -0400
  ...I need a replacement set of the solid brake lines that attach to the calipers and flexible brake lines. Everything else in the brake...
• Re: 5sp trans woes
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Sat, 31 Jul 2010 22:14:20 -0500
  ...the brake caliper and hose caught on fire ! single worst case I have ever seen .. one of the brake pads was actually fused ..........fused...
• Re: Can a rear brake pull down one side of a 77 bus as you stop???
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 28 May 2012 00:11:49 -0400
  ...think?? If that's not it, then it's all new calipers, brake hoses, hard lines I guess on the front. Seems like a...
• Re: [WetWesties] Can a rear brake pull down one side of a 77 bus as you stop???
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sun, 27 May 2012 21:37:35 -0700
  ...think?? If that's not it, then > it's all new calipers, brake hoses, hard lines I guess on the front. Seems > like a...
• Re: Brake fluid
  Historical mailing list - Keith Hughes
  Sat, 5 May 2018 15:08:00 +0000
  ...Brake fluid Can one mix Dot 3 and Dot 4 brake fluid in a Vanagon brake system, or is that not recommended? Dave B.