Using A2 rear Disks upside down on A1 Drum upgrade.

[ranahan@charter.net (John Erickson)]

ANYTHING is better than the A1 caliper.  The Scirocco 16v 
rear caliper was the first rear caliper on any VW. 
 Apparently VW learned a lot in ten years.  I'm sure happy 
with my A3s.

John


On Fri, 9 Aug 2002 17:06:38 -0400
  "Rick Alexander" <ralexander03@snet.net> wrote:
>My understanding is that the A2 and A3 mount the same way 
>but that the
>problems were not solved until the A3 which is why they 
>are the desirable
>units to get for an upgrade. But then again... you have 
>the A2's
>
>Rick Alexander
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: "T Berk" <tberk@mindspring.com>
>To: "Scirocco List" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>Sent: Friday, August 09, 2002 4:28 PM
>Subject: Using A2 rear Disks upside down on A1 Drum 
>upgrade.
>
>
>>
>>
>> I understand you can use A3 rear disk calipers on A1 
>>chassis cars (I
>> have an 81 Scirocco) as I know a guy who did it.
>>
>> My question is whether the A2 & A3 calipers are close 
>>enough to
>> interchange, in terms of mounting points, etc.?
>>
>> I also understand the A3 units have corrected allot of 
>>the problems with
>> parking brake binding that have plagued A1 rear disks in 
>>the past (16v).
>>
>> It would be better to buy new but I have an 86 GTI 
>>awaiting de-parting
>> in the backyard already.
>>
>> Lastly, for those who don't know- the idea is the later 
>>calipers bolt
>> up, but you need to swap the left and right sides and in 
>>doing so flip
>> the caliper around so that the bleeding screw is now 
>>positioned upside
>> down. Of course this would seem to be counterproductive 
>>but once bled
>> (lines connected but caliper unbolted from axle) they 
>>don't need anymore
>> use of the bleeder until it's major work time again 
>>anyway.
>>
>> tia,
>> TBerk
>>
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