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Subject:Re: Vanagon Front Brakes-Done
From:neil n <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
Date:Sat, 27 Mar 2010 22:13:53 -0700

Way to go man.

FWIW, a dust cap on one of '81 a calipers was 1/3 gone for some time.
The piston seemed to only have surface rust. Pad wear was even.

Not a great image, but this was it.

http://sites.google.com/site/tubaneil2/FrontCaliperToast.jpg

Neil.

On Sat, Mar 27, 2010 at 5:45 PM, Michael Sullivan
<sandwichhead@gmail.com> wrote:
> Got the brakes done. A little spongy so will check and bleed again in am.
> Did not need the new rotors after all. Glad to be done. �Note to self:
> Tighten up the lugbolts BEFORE you go for a test drive. �Another note: Don't
> put on jackstands that are set too high, cuz you could trash your Bilstein
> jack and then not have a jack high enough to get the stands out so you may
> have to drive forward to knock them out. �Just food for thought.
> P.S. �Boot on one caliper was torn. �Did not have another, so will replace
> at next brake job.
> Michael in San Antonio
> 91GL AT 'Gringo'
> 73 Beetle
>

-- 
Neil Nicholson '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco"

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