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Which Brake shoes?

Pacific-Dubber - December 14th, 2014 at 10:12 AM

HI All,

To save ordering the wrong parts....

Can you tell me if this is the 58-65 series of brakes? OR is it 65-67?? Seems every seller has his own version of what's what. SO that doesn't help me in th' sticks wanting a new set. (As you can see the top shoe has about 2mm of material left so its time to change these and the spider web too) :cool:

Its off my 67 deluxe (Narrow Nose 1300 with beam front end)
Seems every supplier has parts but not real sure what to get.

ANY guidance would be good. Professional guidnace would be reallll good and a www link.

Cheers,

Ian

Second photo before I pulled the brakes down.

vwo60 - December 14th, 2014 at 10:50 AM

Take them off and get them relined at a brake specialis,t takes a few days, this woulds be the simplest solution as it avoids all the substandard parts that are on offer.

landfall - December 14th, 2014 at 03:00 PM

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Originally posted by vwo60
Take them off and get them relined at a brake specialis,t takes a few days, this woulds be the simplest solution as it avoids all the substandard parts that are on offer.

Probably don't have a great number of brake relining specialists "in the sticks?"

vwo60 - December 14th, 2014 at 04:05 PM

Just parts magizine has a advert in there for all this type of work, quick turnaround , post it in.
https://www.powerbrakes.com.au/index.php/selectedContent/841759099
you will need to know the ID of your drums so the shoes can be radiused.

Pacific-Dubber - December 14th, 2014 at 06:24 PM

Probably don't have a great number of brake relining specialists "in the sticks?"

YEP so right

psimitar - December 14th, 2014 at 07:39 PM

Probably the best online option in Australia at present are Just Kampers. Their preservation parts line are meant to be good quality so heres the link for what you need if your current shoes are 40mm wide

64> Beetle front brake shoes

You can buy seal kits for the wheel cylinders from Ebay USA but this is only handy if the bores of the cylinder aren't badly scored/corroded and you could use the Stanley honing device that Supercheap sell to clean up the bore.

vw54 - December 14th, 2014 at 08:13 PM

Give VVDS 02-9789-1777 a ring and send to them they will return to you with in the week

vwo60 - December 15th, 2014 at 06:47 AM

Do not forget to radius the shoes to suit your drums, hence the ID of the brake drum is required. buying of line probablty get you a set of shoes with the standard radius and probably not fit your old drum.

psimitar - December 15th, 2014 at 09:46 PM

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Originally posted by vwo60
Do not forget to radius the shoes to suit your drums, hence the ID of the brake drum is required. buying of line probablty get you a set of shoes with the standard radius and probably not fit your old drum.

But then he'd need to machine the wear lip off the drum to get a good measurement or access to a large pair of calipers to measure the drum ID where the shoes have worn.

But hey, least this all gives the guy options to choose from

Pacific-Dubber - December 18th, 2014 at 06:43 PM

Thanks to everyone's suggestions and information.

Good news is I took my shoes along to a Sydney (VW parts) supplier and got a new set (and kept my old ones). Very correct about radius, and luckily someone has replaced the drums about 16 years ago so I should be right... I hope.... Now... to just sandblast the backing plates and hardware........I have dressed shoes to fit old drums before, thanks for the reminder.

Cheers,

Ian