Date:         Sat, 20 Mar 2010 16:25:28 -0500
Reply-To:     Michael Sullivan <sandwichhead@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Michael Sullivan <sandwichhead@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Question about caliper, was Replacing front brake pads
Comments: To: B Feddish <bfeddish@netreach.net>
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I anxious to hear the answer to that as I am doing mine this weekend.
BTW-I bought to rotors new from Bus Depot in the clearance dept for 25.00
each due to some minor surface rust.
http://busdepot.com/details.jsp?partnumber=SP250

Just in case,
Michael in San Antonio
91GL AT 'Gringo'
73 Beetle


On Sat, Mar 20, 2010 at 3:25 PM, B Feddish <bfeddish@netreach.net> wrote:

> Hey, thanks everyone for the help with the front pads this morning. It took
> awhile to get spark plugs into my wifes A4 this morning so I was a bit
> behind.
>
> Anyway, here is a photo of my right front brake rotor:
> http://www.feddishbasses.com/vw/brakes.html . It looks pretty rusty and
> very
> little smooth wear. The pad on that side looked almost new and the pad on
> the inside had about 3/16"s of pad left.  I'm no mechanic but this does not
> look right.  Is the caliper bad?
>
> Thanks,
> Bryan
>