Rear brake dowel pin lost :(

I've lost the dowel pins from the rear brakes Can't really wait 8 weeks


Im gonna guess I cucked them with the old back plates :

I have done a bit of looking and read somewhere that they are 10mm by 22.75mm

Can anyone confirm those sizes? I've seen these
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Dowel-Pins-Hardened-Ground-10mm-x-30mm-4-Pk-Steel-M10-/270863177924?pt=UK_DIY_Material_Nails_Fixing_MJ&hash=item3f10b418c4 and was going to cut 7.25mm (ish) off

Anyone see why not as long as they are 10mm

 

where do the dowel pins go?

 

It goes between the back plate and the rear hub housing here

 

You'd spoil the hardening a bit cutting end off with a grinder, but put cut end down the hole should be fine.

 

cheers Zed. Are they 10mm do u know

 

Cheers, Thanks for your help

 

if your worried about losing the hardening, then cut it with a hacksaw, they are an press fit so you may not get a drill bit in there, 10mm sound bit i would have thought 8mm, but i'm not certain

 

Are they there to just locate the backplate or do they have stresses on them?

 

Well it seems to be a 10mm I could not find my 10mm drill but the 9mm was loose

 

Do VW Heritage do them?

 

Yeah they do, but 8 week wait so I ordered the ebay ones

 

Aggh. Until I saw this I never knew I should have these. Just checked and I've got one missing - may never have had it the 10 years I've owned the bus : .

 

I guess if its been missing 10 years that proves they don't do as much as we thought

 

Just had a look at the schematics, and also a Haynes manual. The dowel seems to be to locate the shoe adjustment block, but this is also held in place by two bolts which you can see the ends of in the pic above. The block is also spot welded to the backing plate, so lack of dowel doesn't seem to be a big deal. I wondered if this is an item which has been left off later manufactured parts, like the spacer in the CV joints.