Hey, I'm the friend who's looking for the piece. The '98 Jettas had either VW calipers or Girling calipers; I have Girling. I don't need a whole caliper or anything, just the bracket that hold the 2 pads against the rotor that the caliper fits over. It's just a piece of cast iron with 2 bolt holes and 2 brass sleeves that the pins slide in and out of to engage the brake pads. Of course the VW dealer wants $160 for a little bracket.

If anyone has one of these brackets or knows a dealer or junkyard who's likely to have one, please post and let me know. I also need one of the unthreaded pins that fits in to the sleeve (since I sheared off the original). Post in this thread or drop me an email (in profile) if you can help me out. TIA.