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On 17 Oct 2004 at 19:42, John Hilgers wrote: > Original from Jim- > There were several stages of aftermarket replacements. Until recently they > came with 42mm pistons, so I suspect that they worked just fine. What do you > see in yours that tells you these are not OE? > Answer- > The brakes work fine and I had no problem replacing > the pads. I took out the pins, pushed back the > pistons and in went the pads. > I suspect that they are not OE because: > 1. They do not have the same piston as pictured in the > Bentley. > 2. The pins to hold in the pads do not have a spreader > spring and have a cotter pin so they do not fall out. VERY ODD! I think the cotter pin may indicate that these are something completely different. I have no idea what they are. Probably not even ATe of any nationality, but they could be Girling, maybe. It would be interesting to know what dia piston these had, but that would probably require taking them apart to find out. > My philosopy is "if it ain't broke don't fix it"! (but replace what is > neccessary!) =P No argument here. ;-) -- Jim Adney jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, WI 53711-3054 USA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~