If you can't get a good set off the list, go to the dealer and ask
for front brake pad shims. though I haven't had to deal with it on
the VW, they were missing from my wife's car and something--maybe
them being missing--caused no end of thunk thunk thunk to the point I
had to order the shims AND replace the caliper and pads.

Better now than when things are even more screwed up.

Jim

On Feb 16, 2007, at 7:19 PM, Airic wrote:

> I have been hearing a thunk thunk noise from the front end of my 83
> vanagon.  it has girling calipers, from all I can tell, it has
> clips on the pins for the calipers. I am thinking the noise is the
> pads bouncing around in the calipers.  There is no spring type
> thing to hold the pads like is pictured in the bently.  What does
> one call these things?
>  Does anyone know what other more common type of caliper more
> commonly at salvage yards has the same size one?
> Does any one have 2 laying around they don't need?
> From what I am finding the calipers for these vehicles are only
> used on vanagons, and busses, and it is rare to find one in the
> junk yard around here.
>
> Thanks
> Eric
>