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Rear calipers



pictures?  did you have to mount them upside down?

On 5/19/06, Brian Haygood <haygood@myway.com> wrote:
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> calipers delivered, and $45 or so to get the brake line adaptors
> delivered.  Easy install.  No problems. Way better than $130 per pair for
> remanned A1 calipers, I think.
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> --- On Fri 05/19, Allyn < amalventano1@tds.net > wrote:
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> From: Allyn [mailto: amalventano1@tds.net]
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> To: jlagnese@massed.net, Scirocco-l@scirocco.org
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> Date: Fri, 19 May 2006 21:18:00 -0400
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> Subject: RE: Rear calipers
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> I've freed them up on a B3 passat with some liberal use of PB blaster and
> a<br>few minutes of working the arms with a pair of vice grips on them.  It
> helps<br>to remove the pads so you can get full motion on the
> arm.<br>Al<br><br><br>> -----Original Message-----<br>> From: John S.
> Lagnese [mailto:jlagnese@massed.net]<br>> Sent: Friday, May 19, 2006 1:57
> PM<br>> To: Scirocco-l@scirocco.org<br>> Subject: Rear calipers<br>> <br>>
> Hi,<br>> Has anyone been successfull in freeing up the e-brake actuators on
> the<br>> rear<br>> calipers? Mine were so frozen that it took a hammer to
> get it moving.<br>> After<br>> several hours it is till just moving with
> visegrips. The return spring<br>> still<br>> cannot moe it back.<br>> What,
> if anything, has worked?<br>> BTW Autozone has the calipers for $65 plus
> core.<br>> John<br>> <br>> <br>>
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