I found an excellent article on this that I cannot find now.

Any tips?

[ Edited on 16-1-2007 by koolkarmakombi ]

Summary; rear drum assemblies and front callipers all bolt straight on for a good cheapo upgrade

I was going to swap My rear brakes for those from a type 3.... during My restoration....

I rang Volksbahn and didn't really get any info,
apart from there are 3 different brakes systems used on type 3s...

so , I didn't do anything...
kept My original brakes...
just renewed everything...

Lee

http://community.webshots.com/user/vw68autobug 

there must be a few different front calipers
cos i had a type 3 front end and the calipers on it wouldnt fit a beetle
the mounting holes were about 20mm further apart than beetle ones

-Joel

man, I still cant find it.....

I have heard of two part brake drums on the type 3s...

Anyone know if thats correct??

I presume all the type 3 brakes were larger than the beetles..
front and rear...

I can't say I've ever heard of anyone changing the front brakes -- only the rear...
as they are larger?? wider?? drums...

Lee

drums mount over hub/drive flange so yeah, are 'two-piece'. They are larger and wider than Beetle to give better braking

Should be used with 68-73 twin-pin Type 3 callipers to retain factory bias etc

I'm about to use a type 3 assembly (transaxle to drums) on my 67 resto.. Found some wide 5's so pretty happy.. My technical advisor says that the shafts from the beetle will be swapped into the type 3 assembly and thats basically it..
I'm doing this to get the advantage on gearing etc as well as the larger brakes.. Married to a 1916..


[ Edited on 16-1-07 by StenGuns ]

The Type 3 drums are in 2 parts so you do not need to remove the axle nut to get the out part of the drum off.Very handy when you need to do something to the brakes.

I have put type 3 drums on My swingaxle beetle about 6 months ago, What I did was remove everything including the backing plate from the beetle and took everything including the backing plate from the Type 3 and put it on the beetle ( with new seals and gaskets the type 3 had new wheel cyds) bleed the brakes and a way you go all good .

All up it took me an hour to remove the brakes from the beetle and the Type 3 and have them on and working on the Beetle.

Marc

How about some of these?

[ Edited on 17-1-2007 by VWCOOL ]

[ Edited on 17-1-2007 by VWCOOL ]

Noice!

Thanks! I'm proud of them!

there is some info on the cal-look website here

http://www.cal-look.com/tech/brake_conversion1.shtml 

i think it only describe back brakes though