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On 4 Sep 2002, at 23:00, Russ wolfe wrote: > On Wed, 2002-09-04 at 20:15, Dave Hall wrote: > > 4) Beetle calipers have 40mm dia pistons; Type 3 have 42mm dia. If you can > > lock up the brakes on the front under all conditions, maybe they are as > > powerful as they can be! Some Beetles have single pin pads. > > > The Karman Ghia got disc brakes in 1966 here in the states. But, they > had single pin pads. I am not sure what diameter pistons they had. They were 40mm, like Dave said. They were machined from the same casting that early type 3 calipers were made from, so you really can't tell the difference from the outside. I have several of these which I have removed from type 3 over the years; braking became much more even once all 4 pistons were the same diameter. ;-) - Jim Adney jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, WI 53711-3054 USA ------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <type3-off@vwtype3.org> For more help, see http://vwtype3.org/list/