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--- Jim Adney <jadney@vwtype3.org> wrote: > I rebuild the calipers because the ones you can buy > today aren't as nice as the > originals. If yours have pistons which look like the > pictures in the manual, > then they are good ones. No matter what you do, > don't toss them. At a minimum, > I'll pay the postage to mail them to me. I'll get another look at them and let you know... > 72-3 pads are wider and are the same as early type 4 > pads. Late type 4 pads are > the same wide width, but are thicker, too. OK, anyone want 6-8 late pads for shipping? I know they don't cost much... I think if I ever get another type 3 it will probably be an older body style, so I'll have no use for these in any case. > The OE shocks were not pressurized, so you should > not expect them to pop back > out, although they will usually creep out over time. > The test is to hold them > upright and compress and extend them and make sure > that they resist you in both > directions. Most of the OE shocks are still good > today, although I DO see > failed ones. There wasn't much resistance on any of them. They were easily pushed down, and there definitely was no creeping back. :) Obviously I have other things to get to right now, but do people replace torsion bars with new ones that aren't "tired?" I notice they sell them in the same thickness as ours... Or is it totally fine to just readjust them (something I am actually going to leave to someone else when the time comes)... ===== -------------------------------------------- 1971 FI AT Squareback http://www.tiserves.com/VW/ vw_variant71@yahoo.com -------------------------------------------- __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org