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On 14 Jul 2005 at 23:15, Jim Adney wrote: > On 14 Jul 2005 at 11:45, Constantino Tobio wrote: > > > Jim Adney wrote: > > > > >I found the early AT brake pad and I was able to compare it with a late one. > > >The late style started in '71 and is about 2-3 mm wider than the early one. > > > > > >The early one is about 91.5mm wide, so the late one must be 92-3 mm wide. > > > I've got one with part number 311723173A sitting on my desk, and it's > > 90mm wide x 58mm tall. That said, it could have shrunk, but that's what > > I'm measuring. I don't have my Fasty handy, so I can't get a measurement > > right now. > > I was comparing one in a bag with the old number to a late one a pedal. I guess > I'll have to actually open the bag and see what number the pad has on it. It > may just be that one was mounted and the other was not. > > I'll get back to you on this. Well, I got a closer look, and, with the help of a flashlight and my reading glasses, I was able to read the molded-on number actually ON the pedal pad I have. While it is clear that the OG tag on the bag is the old number, without the A, the part in the bag has the A suffix. So I didn't get the part I was hoping for. Looks like some VW distributor must have supplied the late part as a sub for the early one at some point. The tag is actually torn and the bag is knotted, so it's also possible that someone tore the tag, removed the early part and inserted a late part at some time, which looks like it would have had to be a long time ago. Does anyone out there have a 68-70 AT pedal that they could measure the brake pad dimensions on? I'd just like to know how different they are, and my '69 is in storage right now. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~