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jim writes: > Rotate the pistons and make them right! i can't. it's too hard. they only need turned a little (one by about 5 deg., the other maybe 20 deg.), but i can't find anything that will do it. last time i tried i screwdrivered my finger. i thought i recalled keith saying a year or so back that he had a tool designed to rotate the piston, so i asked a vw mechanic of 35 years i know if he had had such a thing and he hadn't heard of it. > > this should make them more efficient though, because of the increased > > pad-to-disc contact area, shouldn't it? :-) > > Sorry, no matter how I try to redefine "efficiency" I can't seem to > make this work out in your favour. normal pad contact area: __________________ | | |__________________| my super-efficient increased pad contact area: | |__________________| (my ascii drawing isn't up to it, but imagine a line between the 2 open ends: this line is longer than the horizontal line in the first picture, thus the surface area of the pad is greater :-) sonny ------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe? mailto:type3-request@vwtype3.org, Subject: unsubscribe