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Brake pad/caliper problem, I think, is solved! And I know I deserve a "Told yah so" from the OG stock guys. But anyhow here goes: A couple years back I had Drew's off-road make me some T3 dropped spindles; with later year spindles so I could add disc brakes. Well I just remembered when I was installing them one of the spindles would not let the caliper sit "even" over the rotor (for whatever odd reason--because I don't see how this would be affected, when only the knuckle was moved). So I had to get the mounting spots for the calipers "shaved" a bit to even it out, and let it sit in more; over the rotor. The removal of material was minimal and LOOKED even and MACHINED. Talking to the guy recently, he said he used a file?? And did it by hand...arrghh! I haven't pulled of the calipers so I can use a protractor to measure if the seating surface for the calipers is uneven now, but my guess is it must be. Hence, why only a percentage of each pad is grabbing on the rotor. But, the ironic thing is only the outer pads are doing this. Any of you guys know why this would be the case? The degreed change affects the outer pad seating and position exponentially, since it's farther away?? That is my only guess. Thanks, Dave ------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <type3-off@vwtype3.org> For more help, see http://vwtype3.org/list/