[T3] Early front brake question

[Keith Park]

They are solid seals, there were early fronts and late fronts, the pistons
may be the same but the earlier mounts were less robust.  Problem is getting
the pistons out, mine were pretty petrified so I just bought new ones on the
Samba.

Keith


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65 Squareback "Eggcrate"
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From: type3-vwtype3.org-bounces at lists.vwtype3.org
[mailto:type3-vwtype3.org-bounces at lists.vwtype3.org] On Behalf Of Jim Adney
Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2012 9:32 AM
To: type3 at vwtype3.org
Subject: [T3] Early front brake question

Someone has asked me if I can rebuild the front wheel cylinders from 
a '65 squareback, but I've never seen any of those. Can anyone tell 
me what the seal inside them looks like?

It would either be a solid disk, like the rears, with no center hole, 
or it would be a "ring" that fits in a groove around the piston.

Which is it? The parts book indicates that 61-65 are all 22 mm 
(actually 7/8" = 22.2 mm) so they are the same diameter as the late 
rears, but I only have replacement seals of the solid type.

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Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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