howlingvr6 0 Posted July 19, 2012 (edited) Bought a reconditioned caliper off GSF and the gap between the piston face and the opposite face which pushes on to the outer pad is 7mm too narrow which means I cant fit the caliper.The piston is fully pushed back. I gave the reg number of the car to them when I bought it. Are there different calipers fitted to some VR's of this age ? Will be phoning them tomorrow to get it sorted Edited July 19, 2012 by howlingvr6 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VWVW 1 Posted July 19, 2012 If you still have your old VR front caliper you can also do an exchange with VW dealership. Think it was 60 each on exchange with VW. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
howlingvr6 0 Posted July 19, 2012 The old one is has now gone to GSF as a service exchange. Will have to get another thats the same as the offside, cant understand though why there is a 7mm difference in the recon one that I have Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Supercharged 2 Posted July 19, 2012 They've given you a 16V one, uses thinner pads... GSF are useless, I'd try and get your old one back and get one from VW, they are exchange parts but brand new! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
howlingvr6 0 Posted July 21, 2012 Thanks for that. I took the duff one back to gsf and had a refund. Went to the stealership and got the correct one for £68.99 with the old one as a swap and yes its brand new :-) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
