Re: [T3] brake bleeding question

[type3weezer@comcast.net]

The manual says 143.5mm (+/- 5mm) for the single and 149.5mm (+/- 0.5mm) for the tandem.

--
John
65 square (weezer)
04 jetta
It may be ugly but she's all mine!


> > 
> > I have an early VW manual which gives the nominal length as 143.5mm +/- 
> > 5mm. I suspect this is the wrong number and should be 153.5 or ? Perhaps 
> > someone out there has some more data.
> >
> I remember having to reset my '63 Notchback because someone had changed it. 
> There was a clear mark at where it had been for 30+ years before someone 
> messed with the pushrod.  When I adjusted back to where it looked like it 
> should be, it matched the length stated in my 1961 dealer shop manual - 
> 143.5 mm.
> 
> My '65 shop manual says the same thing - 143.5 mm +/- 5 mm.
> 
> Of course there is a possibility I am remembering it wrong but my guess 
> would be that if the '61 manual was wrong, it would have been corrected in 
> the '65 edition.
> 
> --
> Everett Barnes
> '63 Squareback
> everettb@thesamba.com

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