Disk Brake Conversion

[Patrick K Smith]

What disk brake conversion kit do you suggest?

Pat

[Olimon Ricardo]

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

[Olimon Ricardo]

Front brake setup….

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

[Paul Mossberg]

Thanks Calafer.

Really good info here!

PMOSSBERG40655.3436342593

Paul Mossberg
Former Owner of a 1981 Classic Roadsters Ltd. Duchess (VW)
2005 Intermeccanica Roadster

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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

[Olimon Ricardo]

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.

[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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