[T3] Stuck wheel cylinders...

[Dave Hall]

Beetles came with Lockheed brakes back in the '50s (if they weren't the
'Standard' spec with cable brakes).  I've a feeling I've seen that
explanation for the inch sizing of hydraulic cylinders/seals - they started
off in the USA.  

Dave.
UK VW Type 3&4 Club
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[mailto:type3-vwtype3.org-bounces at lists.vwtype3.org] On Behalf Of Jim Adney
Sent: 15 September 2012 01:35
To: type3 at vwtype3.org
Subject: Re: [T3] Stuck wheel cylinders...

On 15 Sep 2012 at 1:12, Dave Hall wrote:

> All the VW hydraulic parts are imperial measurements - fractions of
inches.

Except for the disk brake calipers. I'm guessing that those came later,
after Ate got more serious about going metric. But that doesn't explain why
a German company would have needed any urging to "go metric."

It may be that hydraulic brakes were a British/American development, that
got copied, inches and all, by the rest of the world. If you look at the
inside face of the early rear brake cylinder seals, you'll not only see
7/8", but also Ate-Lockheed.

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