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Front calipers, was Re: rear wheel bearings
Perhaps you can enlighten us about what car your calipers originally came
off of.
ETKA lists one caliper for the Scirocco for both the 9.4" x 12mm non-vented
and the 9.4" x 20mm vented rotor.
Germanautoparts website list one caliper for ALL 8V Sciroccos 79-88.
The Jetta listing in ETKA for 84 and earlier uses the same caliper.
The Rabbit listing in ETKA uses the same caliper 81-84 (prior years being
the ATE caliper with the little square pads)
Even the Quantum used the same caliper.
And last, but not least, the pickup lisiting in ETKA again uses the same
caliper.
So, if your pickup has 9.4 rotors, what calipers are you using that use the
thicker pads?
I'll bet you have 10.1 rotors and, of course, that is a different caliper.
Dan
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Ewing" <MK1Scirocco16v@comcast.net>
To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Sunday, September 07, 2003 5:36 PM
Subject: Re: Front calipers, was Re: rear wheel bearings
> I believe there were two different calipers as the vented system I have on
> my pickup now have the thicker pads. Atleast that is the only way I can
> explain why I can use the thicker pads. I don't know, maybe I'm wrong but
> the pads I'm using are about 3/4" or so not the samll thin pads. HTH!
>
> Dave
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dan Bubb" <jdbubb@ix.netcom.com>
> To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> Sent: Sunday, September 07, 2003 4:48 AM
> Subject: Front calipers, was Re: rear wheel bearings
>
>
> > There was no difference in the caliper between 9.4" vented and
non-vented.
> > The vented rotor used the same caliper with thinner pads.
> > Dan
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Dave Ewing <MK1Scirocco16v@comcast.net>
> > To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> > Sent: Saturday, September 06, 2003 8:34 PM
> > Subject: Re: rear wheel bearings
> >
> >
> > > Just get the bigger calipers, that's the right way to do it! I guess,
> > > anyway, I've never used the smaller pads in the non vented calipers
just
> > > upgraded to the bigger calipers.
> > >
> > > Dave
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "L F" <rocco16v@netzero.net>
> > > To: "ATS - Patrick Bureau" <txrocco@sbcglobal.net>; "Dan Smith"
> > > <sad_rocc@yahoo.com>; "Ron Pieper" <rapieper@yahoo.com>;
> > > <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> > > Sent: Saturday, September 06, 2003 1:03 PM
> > > Subject: Re: rear wheel bearings
> > >
> > >
> > > Waaaaa! I want some vented pads for my car!
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: ATS - Patrick Bureau
> > > To: Dan Smith ; Ron Pieper ; scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> > > Sent: Saturday, September 06, 2003 11:21 AM
> > > Subject: RE: rear wheel bearings
> > >
> > >
> > > yep, except that you need the vented pads as well (thinner)
> > >
> > >
> > > ATS - Patrick Bureau - txrocco@sbcglobal.net
> > > ----------------------------------------------
> > > MSN:ATSGTX@hotmail.com |YAHOO:ATSGTX@yahoo.com
> > > ICQ:32918816 |AIM:Texasscirocco
> > > ----------------------------------------------
> > >
> > >
> > > =>-----Original Message-----
> > > =>From: scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org
> > > =>[mailto:scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org]On Behalf Of Dan Smith
> > > =>Sent: Saturday, September 06, 2003 12:36 PM
> > > =>To: Ron Pieper; scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> > > =>Subject: Re: rear wheel bearings
> > > =>
> > > =>
> > > =>Soooooo, for swapping front rotors from solid to vented I just
> > > =>unbolt the old and on with the new? I hate getting things all
> > > =>apart and THEN finding out I need some replacement bit or
doohickey.
> > > =>
> > > =>Dan
> > > =>
> > > =>Ron Pieper <rapieper@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > > =>--- Dan Smith wrote:
> > > =>> Is this true for changing front rotors as well (disks)?
> > > =>
> > > =>No! The rear disks actually house the inner and outer bearing
> > > =>races. The fronts, by way of the
> > > =>lug bolts, simply bolt to a hub which has it's own bearings.
> > > =>Totally different setup.
> > > =>
> > > =>Ron
> > > =>
> > > =>