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Type 3 brakes?

https://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/threads/14633/type-3-brakes

crazyfiggi ·

I have type 3 brakes front and rear that i am going to fit to my bug. Will these bolt straight on?
Thanks,
Alex.

matara ·

Are these early or late Type 3 brakes? What year bug are you fitting them to? I'm pretty sure the rears a a bolt on fit

Steve

Tazz ·

Rears do.......Early or late... Just change the backing plates too.
Fronts...
Hmmmm....
dunno..... should do...

Tazz

crazyfiggi ·

Sorry, they are 4 stud pattern and will be fitted to a ball joint/irs bug.

Menangler ·

Rears bolt on if it is an IRS or wide swing axel gearbox ('68 and later), if its an early beetle you will need to machine a bit off the drum where the 36mm nut goes, 12mm I think?.

The type 3 early drum fronts don't fit Beetles.

crazyfiggi ·

Will the type 3 front disks bolt straight on?
Thanks,
Alex.

11CAB ·

Apparently there were two types of type 3 calipers....I think there were a changeover model the had the same bolt spacing as the beetle and could be bolted straight on but the other ones have the bolt spaces too far apart.

1303Steve ·

Hi

The 71 & earlier calipers & rotors will fit a bug. The later ones have wider spaced bolts.

These are the 2 different pad types.







1302Steve

vw54 ·

Depends if you have short or long rear axles. Depends if you have one or two piece rears as well.

crazyfiggi ·

I think mine are the later model calipers, can they be made to fit a bug? would it be posible to use the type 3 spindles on a bug front beam?
Thanks,
Alex.