Sorry to see you're struggling with your wrist, but another very useful video, so thanks! I need to refurbish my front beam as well. Couple of things: If those brake calipers have the 3" bolt spacing, don't throw them away because they're very hard to find. And with the stuck grub screw, if you cut an Allen key so it's just straight, you can use an appropriate size socket on it with your impact wrench and that'll save all the struggling. 👍
thanks for the the support, bud! On the brake calipers, where do I measure the 3" bolt spacing? Very smart about the allen key. Hopefully I won't have to do that, but sounds like a great mechanic hack haha.
@@jeremydoc the caliper bolt spacing is the distance between the 2 bolts that hold the caliper to the spindle. The late type 3 had 76mm (pretty much exactly 3") between them but the earlier ones along with beetles had the bolts much closer together. The 3" ones are pretty much unique to Type 3s so you'll be able to sell them if you don't need them.
Great start to a cool project!
Sorry to see you're struggling with your wrist, but another very useful video, so thanks! I need to refurbish my front beam as well.
Couple of things:
If those brake calipers have the 3" bolt spacing, don't throw them away because they're very hard to find.
And with the stuck grub screw, if you cut an Allen key so it's just straight, you can use an appropriate size socket on it with your impact wrench and that'll save all the struggling. 👍
thanks for the the support, bud!
On the brake calipers, where do I measure the 3" bolt spacing?
Very smart about the allen key. Hopefully I won't have to do that, but sounds like a great mechanic hack haha.
@@jeremydoc the caliper bolt spacing is the distance between the 2 bolts that hold the caliper to the spindle. The late type 3 had 76mm (pretty much exactly 3") between them but the earlier ones along with beetles had the bolts much closer together.
The 3" ones are pretty much unique to Type 3s so you'll be able to sell them if you don't need them.