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 liam66
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| posted on September 29th, 2008 at 05:37 PM |
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Recognise these brakes?
These are fitted to a karman I've got hidden away to eventually do up for my wife...thought I might thieve the brakes for my buggy- just dont know
what they are from or if the conversion is any good (I'm assuming his was a kit) The handbrake cable setup looks pretty hokey. Anyone know?
Also, whats the story with dual rear spring plates ? Is this something to do with the swap to IRS? I've never seen a setup like this
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| posted on September 29th, 2008 at 05:45 PM |
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twin spring plates was a late type3 thing and some late beetles
i had them on my black bug and hated them
makes so much more work when lowering the rear
means u have to disconnect the axles
i cant see that on a street car there would be any benefit in them
millions of beetles havent had problems so far in 30+ years
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| posted on September 29th, 2008 at 06:56 PM |
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Semi auto beetles had the twin spring plates as did Type 3 Autos....they are an UPGRADE to the single plate system as they are stronger and a must on
the buggy!!!!!!! Not sure about the brake setup...but you might as well use it!! No more sand in the drums dramas...
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liam66
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| posted on September 29th, 2008 at 07:11 PM |
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wont be able to pinch the twin spring plates of the karman, I can nab the brakes though and get her a good set when the time comes.
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| posted on September 29th, 2008 at 07:29 PM |
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Dont know if this helps but they look similar to the ford econovan brakes I had on a vw a while ago,was a very common conversion back in the day
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| posted on September 29th, 2008 at 08:24 PM |
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Those rears are one of John Sherman's kits... uses a FIAT caliper I think.
Pretty much the same as what I've got on the back of Jezebel... works reasonably well, but I'm still planning on going up to 944T brakes all round.
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| posted on September 30th, 2008 at 01:06 AM |
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the hardest thing back years ago was connecting the handbrake to work the calipers...
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| posted on September 30th, 2008 at 06:35 AM |
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they look like a Sherman brake set up
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liam66
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| posted on September 30th, 2008 at 06:34 PM |
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Awesome, thanks guys.
So is this conversion any good or is there something better available? (without changing from the 4 stud vw rims.)
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| posted on September 30th, 2008 at 11:18 PM |
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Plenty of better options, use the search button dude.
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| posted on September 30th, 2008 at 11:26 PM |
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I run Shermans on my buggy and have no dramas with them at all. I actually prefer them over the Ford setup....
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