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Front drivers’ caliper is stuck open. I purchased an VW Ate refurb caliper but haven’t installed it. The other front side is good, and rears are only a few years old.
My enthusiasm vanished after I found a pair of shiny set from VW Up from 2018, at 18€ delivered. Each component has Ate logo, no dirt, pistons in virgin shape, looks like bleeders were not even touched. Stainless guide bolts were greased.
I rebuilt a caliper for $13 and it went well, but I was able to get all the parts.
I had the hp2 calipers on my A4 and hated them. The ATE calipers are much better and the pads are cheaper.
with the 82 I was able to swap in vented rotors and bought the pads that went to those rotors since these are slimmer than the solid rotor ones. Moral of the story vented rotors with their pads = the same width as solid rotors with their pads. That combination only worked with the right calipers that if IIRC are ATE.
Although I haven't experienced this with my Phaeton, my W8 had problems with a brake wobble under heavy braking and has the ATE 2FN calipers which were the predecessors to the Phaeton's calipers. I was worried that it was the discs that had warped but when I stripped them down it appeared that the brake pad connected to the pistons on one of the calipers had very uneven wear. Installing a new set of pads completely solved the problem although I suspect I might need to get the calipers refurbished to sort out the uneven wear...
The Passat 11.3" ATE 57 calipers are the same physical size as the 11.3" ATE DE 54s that came on 96-99 MKIII VRs. So any wheel that will fit over a MKIII VR 11.3" Girling DE 54 brake caliper should fit over the Passat 11.3" brake caliper.
Lo, and behold, the Golf R front brake calipers and the MkV .:R32 calipers are made by ATE and nearly identical to the ATE calipers on the Volvo V50.
ok so those are the front calipers on my mk1 golf.. (83 golf GL... german market) they are ATE brand and are stamped VWII looking at the rotors and pads it seems something funky is going on. the contact area on the rotor seems tiny.. and the pads hang off of it (the contact area) really far. so basically there is a tiny clean part in the center and the edges are all super rough and rusty.
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