re "So reassuring to be riding around on '60's era brakes...." Lol. More like 70's era brakes. In the 60's Old Buses had twin leading shoe front drum brakes, so a big step up from those. ( funny that it's 73 and up, since 72 is the first year of disc brakes on VW Buses, and I don't think there is a 'one-year-only' 72 style ) granted, by 1985 , the last year of this style brake caliper and disc on Vanagons ... due for an upgrade for sure by then. They sure musta saved a lot of money having the same front brakes in production for whatever that is ...12 straight years ! when these are tired, you can think about vented front discs and more powerful calipers next time, with 15 inch wheels. do these new ATE Calipers come 'loaded' ...as in 'with pads' ? Rebuilt ones usually are. Dunno about totally new ones though...but the chance to get a totally NEW caliper ...that's nice. Scott ----- Original Message ----- Subject: RE: Is this the right caliper?
>I think they do come up with the left side if you search, it's just that >the > calipers are not in the menu when you drill down for brakes, you have to > search so I was not sure if they were the right ones. > > I'll order one tonight along with 2 new rotors, $50 a piece is not worth > thinking about not getting. > > And the most disturbing thing of all is they are the same brakes as a '73 > bay. So reassuring to be riding around on '60's era brakes.... > > > |
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