The rotor wear limit for 86+ is 13mm. For 85-, it is 11mm.

Dennis

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf
Of Steve Overmyer
Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 8:33 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Front Brake Pad Replacement

John,

Also check the thickness of the rotors as I have experienced with the
newer
VWs (and other vehicles too no doubt), the rotors will wear out at about
the
same time as the brake pads so the whole she-bang may need to be
replaced
together.Sure many listees will say this wasn't their experience but
this is
what I have found and what VW recommend.
Minimum thickness is about 10mm (3/8") I seem to remember but I'm sure
someone else can confirm or correct me...
I didn't find this a particularly expensive exercise...I paid about
$95Aus ea
for the rotors (approx $57US) and a little less for the drums when the
time
came...

On my '92,by the time the pads finally wore out,the rotors were down to
or
near the minimum thickness so it was not worth having the disks
machined.
Also was the case with the rear drums BTW...
For the record the front pads/rotors lasted 125,000kms and the rear
shoes
& drums made about 140,000kms.

Didn't happen in the good old days of asbestos pads...;)

Anyway,my 2 cents worth...

Cheers,
Steve O
Blue Mountains NSW Australia
'92 Transporter WBX Kombi
'68 Beetle
'00 Transporter 5Cyl Double Cab
'02 Transporter 5Cyl Double Cab (work truck)

At 06:43 PM 29/01/2003 -0500, you wrote:
>No big deal John.
>Remove the front wheel.
>Use a punch or 16 penny nail to drive out the two retaining pins
holding
>the pads.
>Lift the pads out.
>Spread the cups enough to drop in the new pads.
>PUT goopy disk brake stuff on back of your pads let it dry to prevent
>brake squeal.
>Drop in the new pads, align that spring devise and reinstall the pins.
>It gets a little more complex if you need to turn the rotors but still
>less that 2 hours turn around (other than trip to machine shop for
rotor
>turning).
>
>Stan Wilder
>
>
>
>On Wed, 29 Jan 2003 13:03:44 -0600 John Rodgers <j_rodgers@CHARTER.NET>
>writes:
> > Can anyone point me to a web site with a descriptiona and pictures
> > of
> > how to replace front brakes.?? Precautions, etc???
> >
> > Thnaks!
> >
> > John Rodgers
> > 88 GL Driver
> >
> >