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On 19 Oct 2004 at 21:54, Ben Doughney wrote: > On 19 Oct 2004, at 2:44 AM, Jim Adney wrote: > > >> 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. > > They sound similar to the ones that were on the rear of the Ro80. I had > my brakes apart on the Ro80 lately and they were exactly the same as > Type 3 front brakes with the exception of those little stainless clips > to hold the pins in, made me wonder why VW didn't do it the same way, > they were ATe calipers as well. 914 ATe rears also used those little clips. I believe it was because those calipers included a parking brake mechanism. Do the Ro80 calipers include a parking brake mechanism? How about the funny calipers on the OP's car; did they by any chance have a funny lever on the bottom that was unused? If so, this would be a parking brake lever, and it is a sign that this is most likely a rear caliper with an extremely small piston. 914 rear pistons are 33mm, I believe. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~