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On 15 Jul 2003 at 8:47, gray, douglas wrote: > I checked the calipers last night. The passenger side does not have two > bleeder valves. Is this going to be a problem? I will move it to the drivers > side so the bleeder valve is on top. I won't be able to bleed them until the > weekend so I will report my progress on Monday. If there is only one bleed valve and this is the larger late sized caliper then this is not a VW caliper. It could be from almost anything else, and it probably has a different sized piston. The VW pistons were 42mm and if your two calipers don't match then you will never be happy with your brakes, because they will pull to the side with the bigger pistons. This would be dangerous as well as annoying. If they are ATe calipers with ATe rebuild kits in them, there will be a part # molded into the rubber boot. There should be a 42 within that part #. If it's not there, you have an incorrect caliper. You also have to check the piston cutouts and the retaining plates, if they have them. Just getting the brakes to bleed is only the first of your worries. I think you REALLY need to back up and make sure of what you have here, or you'll just end up doing it all over again. This is not the place to do halfway measures just to get on the road. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org