In a message dated 8/13/00 10:57:12 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
jgh3rd@mindspring.com writes:

<< Needless to say, I am angry and freaked out by such a huge mistake.  First
of all, why did they remove the caliper to replace pads?  >>

IIRC the only way to get the pads out is by removing the caliper. If you're
talking about the caliper bolts, they are supposed to be replaced with every
brake job anyway. It's the small one that looks like it has green paint on
the threads. Perhaps you are talking about the caliper carrier bolts. These
are bigger and usually does not need to me removed for a simple pad change.
At any rate, these bolts don't cost that much from your local VW dealer.
That's where I get mine.

BenT
San Francisco