Trying to locate an obsolete part 1998 golf Cabriolet

[syndy]

Hi,

My daughter has a Golf Cabriolet, 1998 that had sticking brakes. We found that one of the front brake calliper carrier brackets was sticking. Turned out one of the sliding pins was completely stuck, we couldn't remove it of shift it. The nut head actually snapped off and it had not budged. So I drilled a hole in the broken stuck pin, fired up the blowtorch and inserted an easy out. The hope was that the heat and the rotation pressure would budge the pin. But the easy out snapped.

So, new bracket and pins. Thought this would be easy, but long story short, we can buy a 357615125A part (256 by 13 mm) but for this car we need the B version, not the A. (256 by 20 mm ?). Which was made obsolete back in 2017 and no one has in stock.

We have checked the sites according to google, just wondered if anyone might know of somewhere that might have obsolete parts or difficult parts to source?

Many Thanks.

Gavin.

[syndy]

Hi All,

I did think it was a bit of a long shot.

Follow up question. Its starting to look like we may need to think about replacing the whole front brake assembly to get the car back on the road. Just sticking my toe in the water at the moment, but does anyone have any thoughts on either going to a mk4 front brake setup or maybe easier to go to a mk3 setup? Or maybe some other alternative might be suitable?

Its all starting to look a bit expensive for a jammed pin.....

Many thanks,

Gavin.

[jv]

Nothing useful on VW Heritage or VW Classic?

[syndy]

Hi JV,

Thanks for the suggestion. We did check them but they were out of stock. Its the same everywhere we try. The closest we have come so far is in the States, A company called Cardone. Never heard of them before but they remanufacture old parts. Found what we need as part number Cardone 141652 which made us very happy. When we tried to order they couldn't ship to the UK as the item contained iron that originated in Russia. Which made us very sad.

The search continues!

Cheers,

Gavin.