[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] [New Search]
On Mon, 2003-05-12 at 22:36, Shad Laws wrote: > Hello- > > ISP is correct. > > Only the late T3's (either 71-73 or 72-73, I forget which) have 42mm pistons > and a ~3" mounting bolt spacing. The rest of the T3's, and all of the T1's, > have 40mm pistons and a ~2.25" mounting bolt spacing. The earlier 40mm > setups have one pin and the later ones have two, and all replacement ones > have two pins and two bleeder screws for a universal configuration. They > bolt in place of one another without a hitch - just different pads and pad > hardware. > > The late T3 calipers are identical to an early 914 (either 69-72 or 69-73, > again I forget which). They also have the same bolt pattern as a 78-83 (but > not 77) BMW 320i with 48mm pistons :-). > ONLY the Karman Ghis got the single pin caliper. All T-3's had the 2 pin calipers. In my over 35 years working on USA VW's, I have never seen a T-3 with a single pin caliper as OE. -- 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