[Vwdiesel] Re: Brake rebuilding

[82 Diesel Westy]

Thanks Lorean, you are the best.

This procedure is now filed in my personal snippits
and will be in the book of VW knowledge that I hope to
be burried with.....

Bryan
--- LBaird119 at aol.com wrote:
>   I took a look and I can actually get caliper kits!
>  :-)
> About $5.50 for Raymond's Jetta and almost $14 for
> the '82 van  Lists 
> rebuilt caliper w/o pads for about $20 too (Jetta). 
> Almost $60 for 
> the Girlings w/pads.
>   I can even get new pistons!
>   Easy to do.  Block the piston so it can *just* pop
> out then hit the 
> input with compressed air and pop the piston.  Oh
> yeah, pull the 
> boot first.  Emory the outer part of the bore
> (outward from the seal 
> cut.  It'll be rusty, it's not critical, you just
> want to clean it up is all. 
>  
> The seal is a square O-ring.  The piston and bore
> generally clean 
> up with a piece of denim and some clean brake fluid.
>  If it needs more 
> then use crocus cloth on the piston.  The bore
> doesn't really touch as 
> I recall and is a kind of rough bore.  Maybe I'm
> thinking of the bottom. 
> You'll see when you get in there. ;-)
>   Put in the new seal, lube with a film of brake
> fluid and push in the 
> piston.  Stop before it's fully in and install the
> new dust boot then 
> push it the rest of the way in.
>   Calipers with parking brakes take a little extra
> to get the piston back 
> in.
>      Loren
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Bryan Belman, Pt Pleasant, NJ
04 Jetta Wagon TDI PD, 100hp, 5sp
Rebuilding 82 Diesel Weekender from my old rusty 82 Westy 1.9NA
90 Audi 200, 2.3L Turbo FWD
70 Type 1 stock Beetle