Disk Brake Conversion

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  • April 21, 2011 at 7:47 am #233442
    Patrick K Smith
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    @mystic

    What disk brake conversion kit do you suggest?

    Pat

    April 22, 2011 at 12:58 am #244371
    Olimon Ricardo
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    @calafer

    There seems to be many suppliers offering front disk brake kits and most of the ones

    I looked at were made in Brazil. The rear brakes were more of a challenge because I

    found most of them didn’t have a provision for the cable type hand brake. Some kits

    offered a type of hydraulic lockout valve equivalent to leaving the brake pedal

    depressed but I believe there were geared toward off road buggies. In the end I

    decided to purchase front and rear brake kits from a company called “Airkewld”.

    http://airkewld.com

    They sell several types of brakes and the ones I chose use aluminum hubs with bolt-

    on adapters with let you use any type of bolt pattern you want. I went with a 5 x 4.75″

    bolt pattern which seemed to be a very common size with many wheel manufacturers.

    Had I gone with the standard VW 4 bolt pattern I would have purchased them from

    cip1

    http://www.cip1.com

    April 22, 2011 at 1:02 am #244372
    Olimon Ricardo
    Participant

    @calafer

    Front brake setup….

    ..and the rear which use standard VW beetle cables for the hand brake..

    April 22, 2011 at 8:14 am #244373
    Paul Mossberg
    Keymaster

    @pmossberg

    Thanks Calafer.

    Really good info here!

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    Paul Mossberg
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    2005 Intermeccanica Roadster

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    April 22, 2011 at 9:40 am #244374
    newkitman
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    @newkitman

    Calafer

    Did adding the adapters push the wheel rim further outboard? If so, can that be compensated for with the rim setback?

    Allen Caron
    VW based 53MGTD - "MoneyPenny"
    "If one thing matters, everything matters" - from the book The Shack

    April 23, 2011 at 1:55 am #244375
    Olimon Ricardo
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    @calafer

    No, this specific type of disk brake kit doesn’t push the wheels further out. If

    you use the adapters that bolt to the standard 4 or 5 bolt wheel hubs these

    do increase the overall width from left bolt face to right bolt face by about 1-

    1/2″ – 2″ total.

    April 25, 2011 at 6:41 am #244376
    newkitman
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    @newkitman

    Thanks. That’s great information that I know many of us can use.

    Allen Caron
    VW based 53MGTD - "MoneyPenny"
    "If one thing matters, everything matters" - from the book The Shack

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