Date:         Tue, 13 Feb 2001 17:03:04 +1200
Reply-To:     Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
Subject:      Differences of early/late caliper mounts
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There seems to be a lot of confusion about this on the list, so I forward
the following.

Part of a message from German member Raimund Feussner (talking about
adaptor kits for Porsche brakes):

>The old calipers donīt fit onto newer spindles because the mounting holes
>differ. Additionally, the old calipers require a rotor with a different
>offset than the newer ones.
>Thatīs why the older brakes cannot be combined with newer spindles or vice
>versa. The stubaxle is the same! So the problem with
>porsche brakes would not be the spindle, but the caliper adaptor because of
>the differing mounting holes on new/old spindles!
>I attached a pic where you can see this.
>When I tested different brakes on my ī92 Vanagon, I tried ī84 rotors with
>bearings on my new vanagon, they fit! So do the newer rotors on the old
>vanagon.
>You only canīt use this configuration because the calipers canīt be
>exchanged.

This means a South African ventilated disc unit would fit onto the
stubaxle, but the caliper wouldn't line up.


Andrew Grebneff
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