Front calipers, was Re: rear wheel bearings

[jdbubb at ix.netcom.com (Dan Bubb)]

There was no difference in the caliper between 9.4" vented and non-vented.
The vented rotor used the same caliper with thinner pads.
Dan

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Dave Ewing <MK1Scirocco16v@comcast.net>
To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Saturday, September 06, 2003 8:34 PM
Subject: Re: rear wheel bearings


> Just get the bigger calipers, that's the right way to do it!  I guess,
> anyway, I've never used the smaller pads in the non vented calipers just
> upgraded to the bigger calipers.
> 
> Dave
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "L F" <rocco16v@netzero.net>
> To: "ATS - Patrick Bureau" <txrocco@sbcglobal.net>; "Dan Smith"
> <sad_rocc@yahoo.com>; "Ron Pieper" <rapieper@yahoo.com>;
> <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> Sent: Saturday, September 06, 2003 1:03 PM
> Subject: Re: rear wheel bearings
> 
> 
> Waaaaa!  I want some vented pads for my car!
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: ATS - Patrick Bureau
>   To: Dan Smith ; Ron Pieper ; scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>   Sent: Saturday, September 06, 2003 11:21 AM
>   Subject: RE: rear wheel bearings
> 
> 
>   yep, except that you need the vented pads as well (thinner)
> 
> 
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>   =>-----Original Message-----
>   =>From: scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org
>   =>[mailto:scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org]On Behalf Of Dan Smith
>   =>Sent: Saturday, September 06, 2003 12:36 PM
>   =>To: Ron Pieper; scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>   =>Subject: Re: rear wheel bearings
>   =>
>   =>
>   =>Soooooo, for swapping front rotors from solid to vented I just
>   =>unbolt the old and on with the new? I hate getting things all
>   =>apart and THEN finding out I need some replacement bit or doohickey.
>   =>
>   =>Dan
>   =>
>   =>Ron Pieper <rapieper@yahoo.com> wrote:
>   =>--- Dan Smith wrote:
>   =>> Is this true for changing front rotors as well (disks)?
>   =>
>   =>No! The rear disks actually house the inner and outer bearing
>   =>races. The fronts, by way of the
>   =>lug bolts, simply bolt to a hub which has it's own bearings.
>   =>Totally different setup.
>   =>
>   =>Ron
>   =>
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