brake caliper???

[ranahan@charter.net (John Erickson)]

The 16v caliper has the ebrake cable on top.  Maybe he sold you the wrong 
side (upside down).  Speaking of which, A1 (Scirocco 16v) calipers are 
crap.  You can put any A2 or A3 caliper on the car, but you will have to 
buy the opposite side and mount it upside down.  This works great, but you 
have to let it hang upside down to bleed it before you mount it up.  If you 
don't have a pressure or a vacuum bleeder, just stick a piece of wood 
between the pads to bleed the brakes.  If you do go with an A2 or A3 
caliper, do both sides.

John
87 16v

At 02:06 PM 12/8/2002 -0600, Jody Bailey wrote:
>Okay so I am looking for a rear driver side caliper for my 82.  I have no 
>idea where this rear axle came from so I figure I will just get a Scirocco 
>16v caliper from the parts place.  Get it home to find out that the 
>e-brake cable is on the bottom not the top.  So I head back to the parts 
>place and tell them what is up and he explains to me that he gave me an 8v 
>Scirocco caliper (was un-aware there was a difference).  So I get the 
>right 16v caliper this time, but when I get home, the brake line is in the 
>wrong spot.  The caliper on my car uses the lower brake line fitting and 
>this one I have usees the one half way up.  My question is this...which 
>car has the fricken caliper I need?  The e-brake cable must be on the top 
>of the caliper and use the lower brake line fitting.  I am running out of 
>options but I would rather know which one I need seeing as they will 
>prolly have to order one from Edmonton so I won't be able to see it until 
>it gets here.  Any help would be appreciated.  TIA
>
>confused about VW's rear calipers
>82 Scirocco 2L 8v
>
>
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