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• Re: SA big brakes: caliper rebuild kit?? UPDATE!
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Sun, 19 Feb 2006 10:28:18 -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: where is the best buy for drums and rotors?
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Thu, 17 Feb 2005 08:03:51 -0800
  On 17 Feb 2005 at 8:26, George Goff <THX0001@AOL.COM> wrote: > G., > > If the rotors and drums are not too chewed up...
• Re: dead hall sender-where to get replacement?
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Mon, 25 Nov 2002 16:33:35 -0500
  ...cap and rotor at lunch, adjusted my idle a bit, and now the van will not start.put the old cap and rotor back...
• Re: Splash plate behind Rotors
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 7 May 2009 17:59:44 -0700
  ...Splash plate behind Rotors > How hard is it to replace the Splash Plate behind the Rotors, on an 80-85 > Westy? > > And How important...
• Re: Tune-up
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 17 Jul 1997 09:37 -0600 (MDT)
  Scott- believe it or not - use original German parts! Bosch plugs Bosch cap and rotor Mahle oil filter OEM plug wires (yes, they're...
• Are Early and Later Style Disc Rotors Interchangeable??
  Historical mailing list - Michael S. Nichols
  Tue, 30 Jul 2002 20:24:26 -0400
  ...Are early '80's and later '80's Vanagon rotors interchangeable? How do they differ? I say not interchangeable, as they have different part...
• Re: Pics of New Rotors (compared to no van rotors now)
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Sat, 20 Mar 2010 19:12:04 -0500
  ...No wonder these things > are difficult to get stopped! Tiny little buggers, aren't they? The size > of the rotors, a single piston and...
• Re: Changing Front Rotors
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Mon, 27 Dec 2004 14:33:57 -0500
  ...Then you have to pound the H#ll out of the rotors to break the rust off. Eric 86-VW4x4 vw4x4@fyi.net 86...
• FS: '80-'85 rotors (new)
  Historical mailing list - John Anderson
  Thu, 23 Aug 2001 09:05:15 -0400
  Subject says it all a pair of brand new in the box US made Bendix rotors for the early vanagon, I guess '80-'85...
• Pulsating Break Pedal
  Historical mailing list - Shane Eddy
  Fri, 31 May 2002 08:30:53 -0400
  ...The Previous owner had the break pads, and rotors replaced 100 miles before I bought it. I noticed when the breaks were applied there...
• Re: Drilled Rotors vs. Big Brake Kit - related Q
  Historical mailing list - John Wessels
  Wed, 6 Nov 2002 11:54:12 EST
  ...Have you ever had your front brake rotors warp? The vented rotors overcome this problem. How long do your rotors and pads last? I...
• Re: warped SA rotors...
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 30 Dec 2005 15:46:20 -0600
  I somehow warped the front rotors on my 88 GL one time. I don't know how it happened except that I was doing...
• Fwd: GW bigger brakes availability
  Historical mailing list - Mbob1950
  Thu, 1 Feb 2018 14:30:15 -0600
  My replacement rotors are in route from them right now. I had no problems, just safety recall. Bob McCullough Begin forwarded message: > From: Christopher...
• Who can sell me cross drilled Syncro disc?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Thu, 15 Oct 1998 23:03:20 -0700
  ...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: New Brake rotors.pads
  Historical mailing list - -------------
  Fri, 8 Sep 2006 14:48:49 -0400
  ...TC wrote: >seems quite a range of brands for front rotors/pads are they any brands to >stay aways from >I see I can...
• Big Brakes for your Vanagon Are Here!!!!!
  Historical mailing list - VW Master
  Thu, 26 Aug 1999 16:16:25 -0700
  ...Kit includes; Early Kit $830.00 Rotors Hubs Calipers Pads Wheel Bearings Knuckles Dust Shields Late Kit $630.00 Rotors Hubs Calipers Pads Wheel...
• Re: Drilled Rotors vs. Big Brake Kit - related Q
  Historical mailing list - Damon Campbell
  Wed, 6 Nov 2002 09:24:38 -0800
  ...Have you ever had your front brake rotors warp? The vented rotors overcome this problem. How long do your rotors and pads last? I...
• Re: small car brake kit
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Mon, 23 Sep 2019 18:08:25 -0300
  Those rotors and pads were used on several late 80s and mid-90s Audi’s (100/Avant, 200, 200/Avant Quattro, 5000 {USA} etc...
• Re: White "corrosion" in distributor cap
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 7 Apr 95 15:09:26 PDT
  >> >> >>any chance you are getting a non-vw rotor and cap?? if so, the after-market >>tolerances might be a bit off, causing too...
• Brake whoas
  Historical mailing list - Scott Kraning
  Fri, 5 Oct 2001 01:15:22 EDT
  ...Apparently the rotors have been turned past the minimum thickness of .5xx and should have been replaced at the last servicing - OH...oh. So...
• warped SA rotors...
  Historical mailing list - Matthew
  Fri, 30 Dec 2005 13:14:21 -0800
  folks, my SAGP big brake front rotors are warped. huh? i have about 7K miles on them. They are bad enought that I'll...
• some parts 4 sale.
  Historical mailing list - Joe Hughes
  Mon, 19 Aug 2002 23:18:38 EDT
  ...from rotor to rotor. Wheels Hub caps Louvered windows Tie rod assemblies Brake drums
• Re: Why Bigger Brakes Was Cause of brake rotor warping
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Sat, 21 Sep 2013 17:02:34 -0400
  The rotors I just had turned were the original ones on the car from the factory and nothing was removed from the car in...
• Re: New Front Brake Rotor Question
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 30 Mar 2009 20:15:17 -0700
  ...New Front Brake Rotor Question > Hi all. > > I'm installing new rotors on my '81 Westy. I searched archives and > googled a little, but...
• Re: Syncro Rotors $39.95 EA
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Tue, 31 Aug 1999 11:55:09 -0400
  Just to clarify, the rotors are $39.95 each, not per pair. I doubt many people thought otherwise, but one person did ask, so...
• Rotors on SA Big Brake Kit, 2WD vs Syncro
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Thu, 3 Mar 2005 07:00:46 -0500
  ...I was placing an order at GoWesty and decided to get some spare rotors and pads for the brake kit and noticed there is...
• Re: Dealer service ripoff?
  Historical mailing list - sstones
  Wed, 11 Jan 1995 11:39:52 -0500 (EST)
  ...And that VW says "thou shalt not machine > rotors or drums" and they'd have to be replaced. That sounds like BS to me...
• Re: Rear disks in a Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Mon, 29 Oct 2001 09:02:25 +0100
  ...Does the A4 rotor (disc) require the >rear hubs to be cut smaller? I would guess that this is a thin not vented >rotor...
• Corroding Contacts on the Cap and Rotor.
  Historical mailing list - Craig Rogers
  Sat, 5 Jul 1997 17:24:23 -0400
  The only thing wrong with it now is the cap and rotor contacts corrode in just a couple of thousand miles. I wonder if...
• Re: Replacing brake rotors [Syncro]
  Historical mailing list - BRENT CHRISTENSEN
  Wed, 23 Feb 2000 13:29:08 -0800
  ...Replacing brake rotors [Syncro Brent, on most Vanagons the front wheel bearing races are pressed into the rotors so changing the bearings is convenient...
• Front Berings, Shocks and Rear Brakes
  Historical mailing list - David Ricketts
  Tue, 9 May 2000 22:37:48 -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: Syncro front discs - general brake Q.
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 23 Oct 2001 09:21:00 EDT
  I would recommend replacing the rotor on both sides and also replacing your pads. This way you have even braking on both sides and...
• front brake and rotor job
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Sat, 7 Feb 2004 12:45:02 -0800
  Does anyone know of a web page with instructions and photos for a front brake and rotor job for the 2.1 Liter vanagon...
• '90 distributor cap
  Historical mailing list - Harry Yates
  Sat, 9 Mar 1996 18:57:28 +0000
  ...The rotor part# is 1234332350.. also German. The VW part # is 027 905 207A BOS for the cap, and 052905225C for the rotor. Could...
• Re: $$$Brake Job$$
  Historical mailing list - Beth & Jere Hawn
  Sun, 17 Dec 2000 22:21:38 -0800
  ...Original quote 240 new pads & turn the rotors. Then the call " you > need calipers, new rotors, pads, new bearings" price $1000 ! Gulp,... > well I...
• Re: Distributor rotor heat damage? (Solving intermittent engine stall)
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Fri, 20 Jan 2017 12:04:22 -0800
  ...Cap, rotor were Bosch. Old one was also scorched. I'll recheck cap seating but I'm 99% it was on right when new...
• Re: '86 Syncro wheel bearings(and front shocks)
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 30 Jun 1996 13:30:34 -0500
  Good timing, I am in the process of replacing front shocks and rotors/pads. While I haven't checked the exact thickness of the...
• Re: powerslot slotted rotors
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
  Thu, 30 Sep 2004 18:07:19 -0500
  ...If the pads and rotors last well I'd do it again. Chuck '85 Wolfsburg Westy - 'Roland the Road Buffalo' > Date:��� Thu, 30 Sep...
• Solving disc brake noises!
  Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
  Sun, 8 Sep 2002 11:15:36 -0700
  ...Verify surface condition or rotors. As long as there are no sharp edges they can be reused. NEVER turn rotors. If they have glazing...
• ignition rotor interchangeability?
  Historical mailing list - Ely Kumli
  Tue, 28 Apr 1998 17:57:57 -0700
  Does anyone know the relation/difference between rotors 04 038 and 04 170? will the 04 170 replace the 04 038? Thanks much, Ely...
• Re: Distributor rotor heat damage? (Solving intermittent engine stall)
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sat, 21 Jan 2017 12:52:08 -0800
  ...Neil, Check distributor rotor shaft play. You will have remove the dizzy and check vertical play. Too much play will hammer bits into destruction...
• Re: Big brake kit question for `87 Syncro
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Thu, 28 Jul 2011 12:57:36 -0700
  Kim, Overland is selling the 288 rotors. I was told personally that they commissioned their manufacture. Looks like A6 rotors to me. BenT sent...
• Re: Thanks, and, uhhh, van misses
  Historical mailing list - mike miller
  Sun, 15 Jul 2001 08:45:47 -0700
  I looked at the cap and rotor [and plugs] in So Cal. All looked fine. Darn thing. Thanks, mike ----- Original Message ----- From: Thomas D...
• Re: DISC BRAKE PADS
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Fri, 2 Apr 1999 20:22:27 -0800
  Metallic pads tend to wear the rotors faster than non-metallics do. Since the first time I replaced mine, I've used metallics only...
• High performance distributor, rotor, wires ALSO relocating the coil
  Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
  Fri, 3 May 2002 21:58:28 -0400
  ...What is the best distributor, rotor, & wires I can buy to replace my existing ones (80 Air cooled)? Also, has anyone ever moved their...
• brake pad replacement
  Historical mailing list - Craig Oda
  Thu, 26 Feb 2004 09:18:22 -0800
  ...Do I have to take the brake unit off of the rotor in order to squeeze the piston in? Do I have to use...
• Re: GW bigger brakes availability
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Schimke
  Thu, 1 Feb 2018 11:46:58 -0800
  Yeah, the photo on their website is now a modified Toyota Highlander rotor. -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com...
• Re: Brake squeal
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 10 May 2015 10:57:13 -0400
  What is the condition of the rotors? New or at least re-surfaced? Most brake squeals are the result of friction irregularities between the...
• Re: What Type/brand of brake pad? + Rotor question - PICS
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Thu, 21 Aug 2008 22:12:23 -0700
  ...Make > sure the rotors are not worn or cut excessively. Wear limit is 11 mm. > > Dennis > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon...
• FOR SALE: Cross Drilled Brake Rotors w Semi-Metallic pads
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sun, 26 Nov 2000 22:33:22 -0800
  ...We have some Syncro cross drilled rotors and semi-metallic pads in stock with 2WD rotors and pads coming in a few days from...
• Re: Warped Brake rotors?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Thu, 6 Apr 2006 12:08:39 -0700
  ...I recognize this as > being from the rotors being warped. I was not getting this before the > rims/tires were installed. > > So the question...
• Swapping 71-79 brakes
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 11 Apr 1996 14:46:14 -0500 (CDT)
  I have heard a rumor that the expensive 71 and 72 front calipers and rotors can be replaced as a pair with the less...
• Re: Brakes...no van content.
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Thu, 17 May 2007 17:46:47 -0700
  ...I'm sure your rotors were warped. I was speaking about what I had learned on the topic of warpage, (and not the kind...
• Re: small car brake kit
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Casal
  Mon, 23 Sep 2019 15:54:55 -0400
  ...Front pads 447698151F Front rotors 8E0615301C Rear pads 443698451C Rear rotors 447615601A I also confirmed with small car what I found on the samba...
• CA VW Electronic Ignition questions
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Strickrott
  Tue, 29 Oct 2002 10:40:48 -0500
  ...I have some questions about the ignition wires, rotor and coil to use. Currently I have the Bosch 09171 wire set on my point...
• Re: Hall sender bad? Unt why?
  Historical mailing list - *****************
  Fri, 23 Mar 2007 16:59:12 -0500
  ...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: Notes on new stock sized rotors
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Mon, 24 Jun 2019 08:10:16 -0700
  ...I plan to switch front rotors to either slotted ones or cross drilled ones but I can't find the source of suppliers... In...
• Re: These German ATE Pads ever sold by VW Dealerships as OEM? (pics)
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sun, 5 Apr 2009 10:25:30 -0700
  ...They wear well, > brake well, dust little and are not hard on your rotors like the earlier > ceramic pads were. And the best part...
• Re: Drilled Rotors vs. Big Brake Kit
  Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
  Wed, 6 Nov 2002 07:58:59 -0800
  ...The 76 BMW R90/6/S came with drilled rotor, stated purpose to shed water for no suprizes in the rain. Any better cooling...
• '88 Vanagon disc brakes
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 13 Dec 2015 11:23:47 -0600
  ...New rotors, new races, bearing, and seals. Well lubed. New Girling pads. Adjusted bearing washer pressure per Benley. Peened new lock nuts per Bentley...