RE: [T3] Rear Wheel Cylinders

[Russ Wolfe <Russ_Wolfe@MAHLEParr.com>]

> Subject: Re: [T3] Rear Wheel Cylinders
> 
> 
> 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?
> 
The front brakes on a Super Beetle were very near like the our rear brakes.
I am trying to picture in my mind how they were arranged. IIRC, they had the
wheel cylinder at the top, like ours. Either that, or at the rear. I know
that they were not at the bottom. If that is the case, there is a possiblity
that a Super beetle cylinder might work on the rear of a T-3.

Russ Wolfe
russ_wolfe@MAHLEParr.com

Mahle Parr Filter Systems
505 E. Madison
Winterset, IA 50273

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