In a message dated 8/13/00 10:57:12 AM Pacific Daylight Time, jgh3rd@mindspring.com writes: << Needless to say, I am angry and freaked out by such a huge mistake. First of all, why did they remove the caliper to replace pads? >> IIRC the only way to get the pads out is by removing the caliper. If you're talking about the caliper bolts, they are supposed to be replaced with every brake job anyway. It's the small one that looks like it has green paint on the threads. Perhaps you are talking about the caliper carrier bolts. These are bigger and usually does not need to me removed for a simple pad change. At any rate, these bolts don't cost that much from your local VW dealer. That's where I get mine. BenT San Francisco |
Please note - During the past 17 years of operation, several gigabytes of
Vanagon mail messages have been archived. Searching the entire collection
will take up to five minutes to complete. Please be patient!
Return to the archives @ gerry.vanagon.com
The vanagon mailing list archives are copyright (c) 1994-2011, and may not be reproduced without the express written permission of the list administrators. Posting messages to this mailing list grants a license to the mailing list administrators to reproduce the message in a compilation, either printed or electronic. All compilations will be not-for-profit, with any excess proceeds going to the Vanagon mailing list.
Any profits from list compilations go exclusively towards the management and operation of the Vanagon mailing list and vanagon mailing list web site.