Drum Brakes

Pumba Veteran Volks Folk

2,138 posts · joined Jan 2007 · 11 Jul 2007, 5:41 pm

#601463

Did 72 model beetles still have drum brakes,using 4 stud wheels.Also what year did beetle start using strut front ends thanks shane.:o

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bond Veteran Volks Folk

2,456 posts · joined Jul 2003 · 11 Jul 2007, 7:13 pm

#601476

72 standard beetles had 4 wheel drums from memory.

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1,769 posts · joined Oct 2004 · 11 Jul 2007, 7:22 pm

#601480

Standard beetles were the poverty pack & went without a few things that superbugs had that ran concurrently. Standards had drun brakes all round, swingaxles rear suspension & 1300 twin port engine compared to disk brake front, irs rear & 1600 engine to name a few.
standards ran from 71 to 74 as far as I know, supers & L bugs from 71 onwards with struts.

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barls Administrator Causer of Chaos and Mayhem

9,473 posts · joined Jun 2004 · 11 Jul 2007, 7:33 pm

#601483

vw stopped using the strut front end in 76 on the supers

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2,138 posts · joined Jan 2007 · 11 Jul 2007, 7:37 pm

#601485

Thanks for the info i now know what im looking at cheers shane.

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dogo Seriously Crusin Dubber

128 posts · joined Oct 2005 · 11 Jul 2007, 9:51 pm

#601510

If it's a 1972 bug with 4 stud drum brakes, it will also be a ball joint front end and swing axle rear. Nothing special but known as a 1300 model.

Dave