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On Thu, 2003-03-13 at 20:31, Jim Adney wrote: > > > I would want to know that front/rear braking balance wasn't compromised by using > > water-cooled callipers on the light front-end of a Type 3. I think it would be. > > Agreed. I'll bet the water cooled calipers would have much bigger pistons to go > with the much larger load on the front wheels, but I know that their rear > brakes are tiny, so that might be the only adjustment they made. > > Little point in debating it, however, when we should just look it up.... ;-) > The water cooled cars had compensator valves on the rear brakes. The rear brakes pressure was adjusted according to the weight in the car. It was a system that worked off the angle of the rear axle assembly, in relation to the body of the car. -- Russ Wolfe '66 FB MT '71 FB AT '65 Bug (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ------------------------------------------------------------------- List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org