RE: [T3] Brake Caliper Question

["gray, douglas" <douglas.gray@judicial.state.co.us>]

"factory" meaning not done by an individual, but rather a company that
rebuilds calipers. I'm sure that Bill and Steve's probably purchased the
calipers from Inter American Motor company, or IMC. There can't be that high
of a demand for the late model calipers, so I too would be interested in
knowing about the company that is rebuilding the ones that are showing up in
circulation. All I can say for sure, is that my calipers (one with 2
bleeders, and one with 1 bleeder) are identical in every way, except for the
number of bleeders.

Doug

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Jim Adney [SMTP:jadney@vwtype3.org]
> Sent:	Tuesday, August 12, 2003 7:26 PM
> To:	type3@vwtype3.org
> Subject:	RE: [T3] Brake Caliper Question
> 
> On 12 Aug 2003 at 15:04, Jim Adney wrote:
> 
> > On 12 Aug 2003 at 19:04, Dan Allum wrote:
> > 
> > > I know this won't really help you but I've had ATE replacement
> calipers
> > > supplied with two bleed valves on one side and two on the other. Not
> sure
> > > why they were like that. As far as I know they are only shared with
> 411's.
> > 
> > I'm sure that there are other cars which used ATe calipers made from the
> same 
> > castings, and it's certainly possible that some of them had 42mm
> pistons, like 
> > ours.
> > 
> > > Did the 411's come with one bleed valve at any point?
> > 
> > No
> 
> I should add here that I don't think ANY non-VW cars ever came with the
> dual 
> bleed valve calipers, so if you get a rebuilt dual bleed valve caliper it
> is 
> almost assured to have the right piston diameter, because type 4s also
> used a 
> 42mm piston.
> 
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