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Type 3 brakes?

crazyfiggi - October 18th, 2003 at 06:42 PM

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 - October 18th, 2003 at 07:32 PM

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 - October 18th, 2003 at 07:43 PM

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

Tazz

crazyfiggi - October 18th, 2003 at 08:30 PM

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

Menangler - October 18th, 2003 at 08:32 PM

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 - October 18th, 2003 at 09:10 PM

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

11CAB - October 18th, 2003 at 09:54 PM

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 - October 18th, 2003 at 11:21 PM

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 - October 18th, 2003 at 11:46 PM

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

crazyfiggi - October 19th, 2003 at 12:35 PM

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.