[T3] Noise from front end/wheel
Bobsnotch at aol.com
Bobsnotch at aol.com
Fri Sep 20 20:52:40 PDT 2013
In a message dated 9/20/2013 11:13:52 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
jacob.schroeder at gmail.com writes:
I jacked up my car, spun the driver's side wheel, and found that one of the
bolts holding my front driver's side caliper to the car had come off.
Thus, the clanging sound I heard was the caliper wobbling around. Because
the noise started on the highway, there is no way I'll be able to find that
bolt again -- and I don't feel bad for not searching I-280 before I drove
off. So I'm down one of these.
I plan to zip over to Bugformance tomorrow to see if they have a
replacement for me. Are these the same as on the bug? If I cannot locate
one locally tomorrow, does anybody here have a replacement they'd be
willing to sell me? Also, because I plan to hit all of these with a torque
wrench, what should these be torqued to?
You might try KGPR (Karmann Ghia Parts and Restorations), or their siste
company Air Head Parts, as the KG uses similar calipers to a type 3.
Bugformance might have 1, but they might have to break into a kit to get you one.
You're also going to need the locking plate for the caliper bolts. The
torque for those bolts is 29 Ft lbs. It's an M10 bolt (no length given) The
locking plate is just barely shown in Bentley, on page 18 of Brakes and
Wheels, in figure 7-16, and on page 22, figure 7-27, part number 14 in the
picture. I hope this helps.
Bob 65 Notch S w/Sunroof and IRS aka Krusty
64 T-34 Ghia aka Wolfie
71 Square-vert under construction
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