Re: [T3] Rear Wheel Cylinders

["Jim Adney" <jadney@vwtype3.org>]

On 14 Jun 2001, at 15:15, Per Lindgren wrote:
> Jim Adney wrote:

> > But he was asking if he could use a slightly different diameter
> > FRONT beetle cylinder as a replacement for his 66 type 3 REAR
> > cylinders. His 66 has front wheel disk brakes.
> 
> OK, then I got it wrong. I understood it as he was asking if he could
> use front Beetle cylinders to replace the Type3 front cylinders.

I have this sneakin' feeling that the beetle front brakes, which 
COULD have been almost identical to our rears, were inverted with 
the cylinder at the bottom. This would mean that if that cylinder 
were mounted on a type 3 rear brake the bleed valve would be on 
the bottom. I can't think of any good reason for VW to have made 
the beetle this way. Russ, can you tell me if this is true, and, if so, 
why VW might have done it this way?

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Jim Adney
jadney@vwtype3.org
Madison, WI 53711-3054
USA

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