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>From: Ray Peterson <sq66@proaxis.com>
>I definately do not know all of the history that you and many others do
>but here is some additional information from my experience. Both
>calipers that I purchased are the same part number. The manf's. label
>reads in all caps " rcfd 0070.6, conjunto dianteiro fixo d.40, caliper
>assy front d.4," then "vw Sedam 1300 (76...), brasilia (76...), sedam
>(76...)". Both boxes and calipers are identical. Now either I've been
>hosed or something has changed. The car is stopping better than it ever
>has so the parts work. One thing that I did notice is that was not an
>"offset" on the pistons like the originals, now I did not dissassemble
>the new calipers and I was in a hurry to get the car ready for Monday
>morning but I did look them over a bit and it appeared that the pistons
>were not "directional". I am more than willing to investigate if it
>appears like something new and of course if I got the wrong part I'm
>sure to know soon enough as well.
The early small-body T3 calipers have 42 mm pistons, while the Karmann Ghia
used calipers with smaller pistons (38 or 40mm) in the same size body.
While the original KG calipers used only a single pad retaining pin,
replacements use the two pins and the same pad as your T3. Thus they are
easy to confuse. They still have the 20 deg cutout in the piston, however,
but with a different looking retaining plate.
My best guess is that Varda just decided to help people out by making the
calipers L/R to reduce stocking requirements and confusion in a slow moving
product.
Jim
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Melissa Kepner Jim Adney
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Laura Kepner-Adney
Madison, Wisconsin
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