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• Caliper Bolts Wanted
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Wed, 11 Apr 2012 08:26:57 -0400
  2 caliper bolts wanted for late-style, 1989 to be precise, front brake calipers. Hershey, my '84 Westy, has "new" brakes. We are located...
• Re: Rebuilt ATE Calipers Use a Gasket Between Halves? (Pics)
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Wed, 15 Apr 2009 09:18:02 -0700
  On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 8:48 AM, Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@gmail.com> wrote: > Hey Neil, your calipers were probably rebuilt in...
• Re: Pin Insetion on Front Calipers
  Historical mailing list - Skip L
  Sun, 12 Jan 2020 20:31:25 -0600
  ...Not sure (at this time) which calipers I have. Do both ATE and Girling use pins? The calipers (rebuilt) are relatively new (two years...
• Re: Disc brake calipers
  Historical mailing list - John Pronk
  Fri, 10 Aug 2001 08:04:46 -0000
  ...Disc brake calipers > >A couple of questions for the brake experts on the list. > >Does the later 'floating' brake caliper have any braking advantages...
• Front brake calipers
  Historical mailing list - Dave Bayer
  Thu, 20 Jan 2000 14:31:58 -0800
  Does anyone know if the front brake calipers are interchangable between syncro and regular 2wd vans? I am trying to figure out if I...
• Front brake caliper guide pins (Where to get?)
  Historical mailing list - BADASSBUS
  Wed, 12 Sep 2001 20:29:36 -0400
  I was wondering if anyone knows where to purchase new front brake caliper guide pins and boots? They are on my 87 syncro girling...
• Re: Sick of the brake noise
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 21 Feb 2007 05:32:27 +0000
  ...You have to inspect the calipers and pads for proper fitt. Heavily corroded calipers may have been filed or just become worn so that...
• Re: Sticky brakes
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 25 Jun 2016 14:49:30 -0400
  There are different brake calipers-designs used on the different vans over the years. So to best answer we would need to know the...
• Re: What really is the diff unload vs loaded calipers
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Sat, 29 Sep 2007 11:55:27 -0700
  ...What really is the diff unload vs loaded calipers So I have a right front caliper leaking dont have the big$$ for doing what...
• Re: calipers same for syncro and 2WD?
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 19 Oct 1998 07:33:53 EDT
  My parts books says that the Girling calipers are the same for 2WD and Synchro Vanagons from '86-'91. I sell these calipers for...
• Anyone have any 75-85 brake calipers in good condition near DC?
  Historical mailing list - Bob Johnson
  Wed, 24 Jul 2002 11:41:51 -0400
  I'm refurbishing the brakes on my 78 Westy and bought new everything except calipers. I don't really want to spend another $200...
• Re: Brake Caliper Done?
  Historical mailing list - Chris S.
  Sat, 17 Mar 2012 20:40:18 -0400
  The early calipers do not slide. They have an inboard and outboard piston instead. Chris. Wysłane z iPhone'a Dnia Mar 17, 2012 o...
• Re: [Syncro] Has anyone heard about Overland's Audi big brakes for Vanagons 2wd & Syncro? I have this set....
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Mon, 27 Mar 2006 10:04:09 -0800
  ...IIRC, the SA > > calipers use a 59mm piston, same as the '86-91 Girling caliper. > > > > karl > > Karl, I poskewth Ed form Oveland parts a...
• Re: Big doh! by mechanic
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Sun, 13 Aug 2000 17:29:46 EDT
  ...The bolts are supposed to be replaced when the calipers are removed; not with each pad replacement. I'm speaking of the mounting bolts...
• please help-caliper torque specs
  Historical mailing list - Adam Behle
  Sat, 20 Nov 2004 19:46:24 -0800
  ...Does anyone have torque specs for the front caliper bolt that secures the caliper after you swing it down and over the pads/rotor...
• Re: Is this the right caliper?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 21 Mar 2010 14:43:37 -0700
  yes, for the right hand side ( passenger's side of your 83.5 vanagon ) hellava deal ....brand new Ate caliper for $ 140. Aparently BD...
• Re: calipers rattle
  Historical mailing list - Dave Bayer
  Mon, 30 Nov 1998 12:55:10 -0800
  ...The calipers are rebuilt and came with new guide pins, >| but the calipers I took off rattled also. How much play is supposed >| to...
• Re: Brake Caliper Done?
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Sat, 17 Mar 2012 19:26:32 +0000
  Also check for rust on the sliding parts of the caliper. This will causes squeezing and can prevent the brakes from releasing fully. Make...
• Re: Question about vanagon front disc brakes
  Historical mailing list - vw_van_fan_Mark
  Sun, 17 Dec 2017 08:05:01 -0800
  ...The carriers are different and must match the caliper type. The pins must match caliper/carrier type. The pads are the same for both...
• Re: Brake Caliper Torque - 200 ft/lbs??
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 2 Apr 2013 17:17:17 -0700
  The torque of the large caliper bolts depends on the year. The 86+ brake caliper uses MUCH larger bolts and has a much higher...
• help 2 piston caliper and rotor removal
  Historical mailing list - Spencer Allen
  Sat, 19 Apr 2025 07:29:51 -0500
  My 85 westy has the older style 2 piston Gerling caliper. I want to replace the pads, bearings and rotors. Looking at the driver...
• Re: Disc brake calipers
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Grove
  Fri, 10 Aug 2001 20:55:14 -0700
  Andrew wrote: > >A couple of questions for the brake experts on the list. > >Does the later 'floating' brake caliper have any braking advantages over...
• Re: Sticking front calipers
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Sun, 1 Apr 2007 08:53:11 -0700
  ...Easiest is to do it with the caliper off the Van. Before you take it off, press the piston out of the sticking caliper...
• Re: Rebuilt ATE Calipers Use a Gasket Between Halves? (Pics)
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 15 Apr 2009 11:35:30 -0700
  Just for giggles I checked my 68-79 Van Bentley, since late Bays used the same calipers as early Vanagons, AFAIK. They show the...
• Fwd: Pin Insetion on Front Calipers
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 12 Jan 2020 21:20:33 -0500
  ...Pin Insetion on Front Calipers To: Skip Laubach <skiplaubach@gmail.com> Cc: vanagonlist a <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com> Do I pound this loose collar...
• Need Front Brake Caliper Spacing
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Thu, 30 Apr 2009 19:33:17 -0700
  Hello Folks, I was checking through the archives where there is plenty of discussions about putting Audi dual piston calipers on. However, I could...
• Sick of the brake noise
  Historical mailing list - Airic
  Fri, 16 Feb 2007 19:19:49 -0600
  ...it has girling calipers, from all I can tell, it has clips on the pins for the calipers. I am thinking the noise is...
• Re: cheap caliper
  Historical mailing list - Mark A Kippert
  Tue, 1 Dec 2009 10:32:51 -0500
  A couple months ago replaced the right caliper on my '86 GL. I got a good price at my local NAPA store (Indy). $45...
• Re: Help stuck caliper slide pin
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Tue, 31 Mar 2009 18:33:41 -0400
  ...Check the quality of your bleaders while you have the caliper off.... i've seen way to many calipers with one or both bleeders...
• Re: Left front brake caliper
  Historical mailing list - brady
  Thu, 24 Mar 2011 13:34:58 -0700
  ...Left front brake caliper Well, in Roseburg with a left front broken brake caliper? Any ideas or does anyone have one? Thanks, Andree
• Re: 88 girling caliper question
  Historical mailing list - Michael
  Sat, 14 Mar 2015 16:22:01 -0400
  Btw...anybody need girling calipers? > On Mar 14, 2015, at 4:20 PM, Michael <mikewelldon@icloud.com> wrote: > > Thanks guys! Glad to know I...
• Re: front wheel hot to the touch? caliper dragging?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sat, 30 Jul 2005 11:10:33 -0700
  Either the bearings are done (which you should be able to hear) or the caliper is not releasing. If your brakes aren't very...
• Getting bolts off calipers
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 16 Jul 1996 22:46:22 -0400
  I have an '84 Camper, and I'm trying to get the calipers off the front to have the front calipers re-built, the...
• Front brake caliper hangup '87 Vanagon- any advice
  Historical mailing list - George Wietor
  Wed, 7 Jun 2006 09:08:41 -0700
  ...Pulling the caliper reveals that the bearings, rotor, pads, slider pins are all fine. Retracting the caliper piston with a C-clamp solves the...
• Re: Question about caliper, was Replacing front brake pads
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 20 Mar 2010 14:41:26 -0700
  ...re the caliper ... See how easily the pistons push back into the caliper. If one piston is stuck or very, very hard to push...
• Re: '89 front calipers query?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 8 Dec 2008 17:21:44 -0500
  If you only getting the basic caliper, you need to know. The Girling and ATE will not interchange on the brackets. If you are...
• Re: burning smell - brakes or tire?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 15 Jul 2013 09:31:33 -0700
  ...The 86+ with Girling calipers use 2 small M8 bolts with 13mm heads to hold each caliper to the carrier guide pins. Those are...
• Re: disconnect brake line to remove caliper?
  Historical mailing list - KBatzler
  Tue, 17 Nov 1998 12:39:48 -0800
  You don't need to disconnect the caliper to remove the rotor....just hang it up with a coat hanger with the brake line...
• Re: Rebuilt ATE Calipers Use a Gasket Between Halves? (Pics)
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 15 Apr 2009 10:41:15 -0700
  The more recent versions of the Bentley don't cover caliper rebuilding. The older versions do, as do the Haynes manuals. None show separating...
• Front brake compatibility question
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 28 Jun 2011 18:52:32 -0500
  ...What I want to know is are the calipers for both systems interchangeable? Can you use 90 calipers, for instance, on an 83? And...
• Brake Problem
  Historical mailing list - Beckham, Chip
  Wed, 28 Aug 2002 08:54:56 -0400
  List, I replaced both brake rotors last night, but have a new problem related to the right caliper. After applying the brakes several times...
• Re: Anyone have experience w/ caliper rebuild kits?
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Tue, 14 Aug 2007 07:18:14 -0700
  It's not too hard to rebuild calipers. A little messy and time consuming, but not hard. If you are in a hurry, why...
• Re: Caliper resetting pliers
  Historical mailing list - Hector Zapata
  Sun, 24 Mar 2002 19:31:55 -0800
  ...And they've ever heard of being able to > install new pads without removing the calipers from the rotor. > > I got the job done...
• Re: Clunking front end noise
  Historical mailing list - David Bayer
  Tue, 14 Apr 1998 12:15:12 -0700
  You might look at the brake caliper on the front passenger side wheel. I had a slight clunking (maybe a clinking noise though) that...
• Re: South African knuckles take German calipers/drums?
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Mon, 24 Apr 2006 09:24:07 -0700
  ...Andrew, I suspect they are the same as the SA Big Brake calipers bolt onto the German spec knuckles. -- BenT
• Front Brake lines - Help! (new calipers)
  Historical mailing list - Blake Thornton
  Sat, 11 Oct 2003 14:36:39 -0500
  I just put on new roters and calipers on my 84. The problem is that the new calipers have the brake line input in...
• Leaky front right caliper..
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Mon, 3 Sep 2007 12:05:42 -0400
  I had to post this one, so here i am in Nova Scotia and i just found out that my caliper is leaking... can...
• Flushing brakes
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Wed, 3 Jan 2007 22:39:06 -0500
  '81 w/ATE calipers. I just replaced the clutch master and rear brake cylinders, and want to flush, then bleed the whole system. Any...
• Re: cheap caliper
  Historical mailing list - dylan
  Tue, 1 Dec 2009 05:42:13 -0800
  I bought the last right side calipers from them on my last order. They didn't think they would get any more. dylan ________________________________ From...
• Re: How to tell L from R brake calipers - 77 Westy ATEs
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Fri, 27 Jul 2012 16:04:34 -0700
  Often all that makes the calipers left or right is the bleeder valve position. Air rises in the fluid, so to remove trapped air...
• Re: disconnect brake line to remove caliper?
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Wed, 18 Nov 1998 07:30:48 -0500
  The 1980- 1985 Vanagons had a 2 piston caliper. In 1986 the desgin changed to a single piston and eliminated the small metal line...
• Re: Problem: While Removing from Disc Brake Pads the top Caliper Receiving Bolt Wont Slide In & Out of the Carrier - Siezed
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Sat, 18 Jun 2011 17:05:59 -0700
  ...First wheel went fine. > >The second one on the passenger side was going great, I removed the >top caliper bolt and rotated the caliper...
• bleeding failure!
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 2 Feb 2011 17:11:14 -0800
  ...rears went well, front caliper nipples both sides broke off. arggh got one caliper in workshop, starting to drill out nipple. It sure was...
• Re: burning smell - brakes or tire?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Carchrae
  Mon, 15 Jul 2013 09:50:50 -0700
  ...The 86+ with > Girling calipers use 2 small M8 bolts with 13mm heads to hold each > caliper to the carrier guide pins. Those are...
• Re: Brake Caliper Torque - 200 ft/lbs??
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Wed, 3 Apr 2013 08:55:00 -0500
  ...John On 4/2/2013 7:17 PM, mark drillock wrote: > The torque of the large caliper bolts depends on the year. The 86...
• Help stuck caliper slide pin
  Historical mailing list - Ryan
  Tue, 31 Mar 2009 18:03:22 -0400
  ...Was attempting to remedy a sticking caliper on my 86 2wd, the lower caliper pin is all garbaged up and will not come nice...
• Re: Front brake caliper hangup '87 Vanagon- any advice
  Historical mailing list - David McCallum
  Wed, 7 Jun 2006 10:56:22 -0600
  ...Retracting the caliper > piston with a C-clamp solves the problem ...until the > next time brakes are applied.... > Should I replace the caliper? Attempt...
• Re: Knocking sound going over bumps
  Historical mailing list - Dave Bayer
  Sat, 19 Sep 1998 11:42:22 -0700
  ...I found this by just wiggling the caliper one day. The reason the caliper was binding was that the lower guide bolt had a...
• Re: Front brake caliper hangup '87 Vanagon- any advice
  Historical mailing list - Don in North Carolina
  Wed, 7 Jun 2006 12:56:13 -0400
  ...Retracting the caliper > piston with a C-clamp solves the problem ...until the > next time brakes are applied.... > Should I replace the caliper? Attempt...
• Re: Rebuilt ATE Calipers Use a Gasket Between Halves? (Pics)
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Wed, 15 Apr 2009 13:26:23 -0700
  ...They show the caliper split and 2 > small o-rings between the halves, but say not to split unless there is a > leak there...