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I am with Jim here. Unless you have the tools and experience, you may do a lot of work and find you have a leaking caliper.
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<div>It took me awhile to learn how to successfully rebuild calipers. </div>
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<div>Send them to Jim and be happy. You will save yourself frustration. </div>
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<div>Brion S </div>
<div>S. Utah </div>
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From: Jim Adney <jadney@VWType3.org> <br>
Date: 06/23/2015 9:43 PM (GMT-07:00) <br>
To: type3@vwtype3.org <br>
Subject: Re: [T3] Cleaning Up <br>
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<div class="PlainText">On 23 Jun 2015 at 21:55, Craigs List wrote:<br>
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> I pulled out my calipers. Where can I find the rebuild kits? I figured I<br>
> would ask you before asking my flaps.<br>
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This is not likely to be a DIY job. I've invested a fair amount of <br>
time and effort in tools to make it possible for me to get these <br>
apart, plus a LOT of years figuring out what to do to make the job <br>
work and last. It's NOT just a matter of taking things apart and <br>
installing new parts from a rebuild kit. Yeah, I know, some things <br>
are that easy, but calipers are not. <br>
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My first few attempts were failures. That was circa 1970 and the car <br>
was a '68, so those were with calipers that were only a couple years <br>
old. Today, with 40-50 year old calipers, it's likely to be even <br>
harder.<br>
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Sorry to be a killjoy, but isn't that better than your spending a lot <br>
of time in the effort, plus money for rebuild kits, and ending up <br>
ruining good parts, and maybe the calipers? For the cost of my doing <br>
them, which is CHEAP, you'll know they're done well and done for a <br>
long time. <br>
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Be careful if you go after these with a C-clamp to see if the pistons <br>
are seized. If you don't know exactly what you're doing, you can tilt <br>
the piston and crack the caliper casting. It has a very vulnerable <br>
area that you'd not expect if you didn't know the internal <br>
construction.<br>
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Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org<br>
Madison, Wisconsin, USA<br>
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