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On 28 Apr 2005 at 20:43, BOB2TYPE3S@aol.com wrote: > We might send the calipers to Jim A for rebuilding, since I don't know > anybody else who does them, but I need to find out how rusty they are before > shipping them so I don't waste Jim's time. Now that I've got my caliper pump, I can get ANYTHING apart, with very little trouble. Sometimes something breaks inside, but that's unusual. > As a last result, he's looking at picking up some new early style > calipers, and converting the spindles over to use them. I told him > he'll lose some braking ability, but he doesn't seem to worried, as > the rest of the car is custom, and he's not going to put a bunch of > miles on it since he's got a few other vehicles to drive. He'd really have to swap steering knuckles or drill new holes, it's really not worth it. OTOH, the braking doesn't decrease because the pistons are the same size, but the pads wear out slightly faster with the early calipers. It's not really much of a difference. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~