Re: Brakes - How to tell them apart?

["Christian Els" <tiAn@usiw.net>]

VW had three sources for front disk calipers.

The first, optional in '74-76, standard from '77 on, were Girling and take
small, rectangular pads.

The other two are sourced from either ATE or Kelsey-Hayes (American-produced
Rabbits) and are able to swap pads between them despite differences of
appearance between the calipers themselves. These pads have rounded arcs for
their top and bottom edges rather than straight rectangular edges.

All of these clamp on  9.4" rotors. Further confusing the issue is that
later cars had vented (thicker) rotors, which mate with thinner pads. These
were introduced on the 1983 GTI and were available on other models from '84
with the Wolfsburg package.

The vented rotors can be retrofit to any car without Girling calipers, but
you have to use the right pads else you won't clearance the rotor when you
go to install the caliper.

HTH,

Christian
87 16V


----- Original Message -----
From: "Marie Laugesen" <scirocco@telus.net>
To: "Daun Yeagley" <vwdaun@yahoo.com>; "Scirocco-L"
<scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Friday, 30 March, 2001 09:18
Subject: Re: Brakes - How to tell them apart?


> Speaking of brakes... my '84 and '88 have different front calipers!  Same
> size rotors. vented and all... but the calipers are different.... they're
> both 8Vs... could it be because the 84 is an early one (9/83) and the 88
is
> a late 88 (3/88)?  I'm just curious.
>
> Marie
>
> >My first guess would be that the brakes were upgraded to
> >the later Mk 2 style that started showing up around 1983.
> >(At least in the U.S.)  Are the discs still 9.4"?  If
> >that's the case you can just get new brakes / pads for a
> >later Scirocco and be fine.
> >
> >
> >=====
> >Daun Yeagley - Wilmington Ohio
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> >'85 Scirocco 8v
> >'88 Scirocco 16v
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