Re: [T3] 73 Front Brakes on a '70

["Dave Hall" <dave@hallvw.clara.co.uk>]

I apologise for my ignorance there.   It's not something I do much,
and the piston retaining plates and locking plates define the
calipers they are supposed to be used with.  Quite right; good news
for me as I can now overhaul either type with my kit; I've got spare
plates.
Pistons *are* the same throughout, apart from the very rare 4-pot
Swedish Variant (Sqb) ones.

Dave.
UK VW Type 3&4 Club
www.hallvw.clara.net/
-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Adney <jadney@vwtype3.org>
To: type3@vwtype3.org <type3@vwtype3.org>
Date: 28 November 1998 23:00
Subject: Re: [T3] 73 Front Brakes on a '70


On 27 Nov 98, at 17:35, Dave Hall wrote:

> The later pistons are bigger diameter; you can't use the same
> rebuild kit as seal and dust seals are bigger; the piston
retaining
> plate is larger and the pads are too (not just thicker).

Dave, how could you???  The early and late pistons are both 42mm,
the
kits are only different because they contain different retaining
plates to go with the different size pads.

Jim
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Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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