On 3/31/09, Bill Shawley <easywind1975@hotmail.com> wrote: > I should've been a little more specific, these are the big slider "pins" > that sit in the caliper carrier with the dust boot on the end. The caliper > bolts into these "pins". I have the single piston Girling calipers on the > 86 and up vans. The pads are not held with pins. The caliper is already > off, cleaned and awaiting the rebuild kit which is coming in tomorrow. I'm > assuming that the siezed slider was the cause of my shitty brakes, shitty > gas mileage, and inboard brake pad with half the meat of the outboard. > > > > Ryan > >> Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 18:33:41 -0400 >
Ryan. I should have checked my manual before replying. I knew they would be different than my ATE calipers but wasn't aware of how much so. Mark D. Thanks for the description. Someday I'll graduated up to the more modern brake/suspension. Like in about 20 years after my "new" front end on my '81 Westy wears out again. <grin> Ryan. Best of luck!
Neil.
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