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Subject:Re: finished caliper project
From:Alistair Bell
Date:Sun, 6 Feb 2011 09:24:35 -0800

wear limits all good. other side will be replaced when the part comes
in. You might not believe it, but the calipers were not readily
available, I got what I needed to get going on Saturday, the other
side will be swapped this week.

Brakes work fine, no pulling to one side.

alistair

On 6-Feb-11, at 6:47 AM, Dennis Haynes wrote:

> Did you replace the pair? As calipers age the friction, release
> characteristics change and you could end up with a vehicle that
> pulls. The
> hoses can also fail internally. Should be changed with calipers.
> Did you measure the thickness of the rotors. 13mm is wear limit.
>
> Dennis
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On
> Behalf Of
> Alistair Bell
> Sent: Saturday, February 05, 2011 5:53 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: finished caliper project
>
> rebuilt caliper put on this morning, pics here:
> http://shufti.wordpress.com/2011/02/05/replacing-that-buggered-
> caliper/
>
>
> alistair
>