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| posted on November 26th, 2012 at 08:12 PM |
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Brake kits
Hey people, I'm looking at upgrading my brakes as the drums on my 68 fasty are nearly dead. Looking for advice on kits and set ups along with
recommended suppliers of new parts. Was thinking of a dual circuit disk brake kit with 5 stud stock spacing and offset, possible with a booster as
well.Any opinions? Worth considering a drop spindle set? Best place to buy?
Any advice would be appreciated.
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| posted on November 27th, 2012 at 07:27 PM |
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I was after front disks for my 66 fasty with wide 5 stud pattern. Looked hard and found the German CSP kit. It's pretty exxy and I think it widens
the front end a little bit. Maybe 10mm or 15 per side. Also the alloy centre didn't appeal to me. It's just a personal opinion. I didn't want any
alloy on my front wheel hub or suspension.
Anyhow I rang John Sherman to see if his Beetle kits work. No was the answer but I did, after much talking, convince him to have look-see at my front
spindles. I figured that he had the disk forgings from the beetle wide five disk kits and perhaps he could make it work.
So in a few days ill be checking out what he came up with. Price was right (less than 800) and it ticked all the boxes for me except I'm not sure if
it widens the front track. I was told theres no more room to narrow it so whatever it is - it is cause otherwise the calipers will rub on the wheel
stud flange. I'll check against my stock setup when I get the chance. John couldn't tell me cause I only gave him the spindles. As far as road test
I can't do that for quite some time. I'm mid build right now. It's gonna be months.
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| posted on November 27th, 2012 at 09:45 PM |
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if yu guys lnow John Shermann he does all that on the GC
put in yer location fellas for good results
want any vw bits old but like me, Made in Germany!!!
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| posted on November 27th, 2012 at 10:59 PM |
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Thanks for the replies guys.I'll be keen to hear how the beetle kit works exraycer and I'll give John Sherman a buzz to see what other options he
might have. I'm down in Canberra but im sure he can ship down this way..
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| posted on November 27th, 2012 at 11:06 PM |
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It's not really a beetle kit. It is specific to type 3. I think he only used the disk forging blank from ghe beetle kit and machined it specifically
for the type 3 and he also made a specific bracket for the caliper to bolt up to the spindle. The caliper is not VW but it is a caliper commonly used
in OZ.
I'm in Sydney. Shipping is extra but no problem.
He has rear disks that should fit but I'm not doing rear disks on mine. I can't seem to justify it plus I'm not sure if I'd want a rear disk brake
setup without a booster. Just happy to have a simple front disk kit that I can use with wide 5 studs.
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| posted on December 1st, 2012 at 10:51 PM |
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I think I have a disk brake conversion kit for type 3. It was bought mistakenly from the UK, when I was buying one for my 68 bus. Cost me close on
$1000. Quite happy to sell it for a fair bit less to just get rid of it.
I will find out exactly what it is that I hav3 if you are interested, might be what you're after.
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| posted on December 2nd, 2012 at 10:49 AM |
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Hey thanks for the offer but I have already paid John Sherman for his first Type 3 Wide five kit and I'm quite keen to see what he came up with.
Should get it in about a week. He's just getting the kit zinc coated now. He made one other set for another customer in QLD but I'm pretty sure
he's keen to make a few more to get his development time back.
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| posted on December 2nd, 2012 at 09:53 PM |
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Get the brakes from Glenn, aka VWCOOL. He does a type 3 kits which are CNC billet hub and bracket, Holden finned VS calipers (aka VN V8 calipers)
ford AU series 1 vended disks. He modifies your spindles and provided a MC to suit the conversion.
also what ever bolt pattern you want.
71 notchback,
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| posted on December 3rd, 2012 at 12:05 AM |
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Thanks Vlad but I am committed to johns kit for the moment. I will get it running first and test it out. Also I thought those kits you mention
wouldn't support wide 5 stud pattern. I could have remembered it wrong but I didn't want adapters cause they add to front track width.
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| posted on December 3rd, 2012 at 10:38 AM |
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68 model yeah? thought those have disk front end as standard. 
71 notchback,
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| posted on December 5th, 2012 at 11:58 PM |
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Nah 66 model. Wide five drums all round. I'm going for original look wide five pattern type 3 smoothie rims so the wide five lug pattern was
required.
Anyhow, the kit arrived. I was gonna take a few pics for John Sherman over the weekend. It looks good. The caliper is very close to the outer lug bolt
flange. I don't think he could have made it any narrower. I will compare with stock measurements when I get a chance. The setup isn't exactly light
weight because it's all steel. If you need to save weight then the more expensive CSP German kit with the alloy hub is for you but honestly I just
wanted it solid and reliable. It's not gonna be a race car. Just a solid streeter.
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| posted on May 26th, 2013 at 09:15 PM |
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Just curious, are they engineered ?,I have been down this path with kits from the gold coast that are not engineered, if they have not been engineered
by Sherman you will have to carry this out with the possibility that they will fail, this is a common problem with brakes and other modification that
are sold in Australia.
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| posted on May 27th, 2013 at 04:45 PM |
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posted by vwo60
Just curious, are they engineered ?,I have been down this path with kits from the gold coast that are not engineered, if they have not been engineered
by Sherman you will have to carry this out with the possibility that they will fail, this is a common problem with brakes and other modification that
are sold in Australia.
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You are correct and I understood that before I bought them. Even if it were Engineered by him in QLD I think I would have to get it done here in NSW
regardless.
His reasoning and interpretation of the rulebook might be different to yours or mine but his explanation was; since it is completely bolt together, no
welding, no spacers/adapter plates between bolt flange and wheel, it should pass without a cert. Some engineers he has encountered will provide a cert
on a similar beetle kit he makes and some others are reluctant to see his point of view on the subject. Similarly with Blue slip inspectors.
Note: The flange with the wheel studs is bolted with four bolts to the disk hub. I guess if you had your hubcap removed you would see four bolts
internally within the wheel centre. It's not pretty but it is functional. I would have liked to see a one piece unit with disk rotor and wheel stud
flange all in one piece like some of the beetle kits out there but i'm guessing the fact that I did not want any widening of the track width this
might have limited my choices to this solution.
Also the cailipers he used are Mazda Cappella type in order to provide clearance for the outer 'wide 5' stud flange without widening the front end
track width. I believe he chose this because it was a similar weight car and used on an Australian registered car model - to help it pass blue
slip.
Will trial fit it soon I think and talk to an engineer. If it won't pass then I guess I'll have to re-think things and forget about using wide 5.
Personally I look at this setup and I think it has a better chance of passing rego than any other wide 5 alternative for type 3 beams because it ticks
more boxes. Whether it ticks all the boxes I don't know yet.
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| posted on May 27th, 2013 at 10:08 PM |
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I am currently disigning and building a component for use legally on the road to suit type one, i will not say what it is but it requires destructive
testing of any components that i build to comply, if the hub is not a propriority part it requires to be engineered along with the caliper mounting
bracket, also has any calculation been done to see if the displacement of the caliper will work with the standard dual curcuit master cylinder without
altering the brake bias, i had a set of brakes from the gold coast that used the capella calipers also, could never get a acceptable pedal, After that
experence i have built three sets of brakes including the billet hubs and brackets and all required the manditory cad drawings that had to send to the
engineer for his approval before they were machined, followed by the inspection and brake test, it becomes your responsability to carry out the
engineering at your expense eventhough you did not make it, In my opinion all modified parts that are sold for road use should have already been
engineered and accompanied with the paper work, i intend to sell my parts all over Australia and they will be acompanied by all the engineering certs
and test resalts that will make it simple to get approved
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| posted on May 27th, 2013 at 10:58 PM |
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Yup agreed. I tip my hat to you for doing the due diligence before you sell a product for road use. They all should be approved from the seller for
every state regulatory Authority but none do anything like that for my application. Thats the reality for someone wanting a wide 5 disk brake front
end on a type 3 that does not alter the track width or use foreign calipers.
If you decide to make a kit thats perfect for early type 3's to use wide 5 please let me know especially if you've gone to the trouble of supplying
it with destructive test data and all the relevant docs for a breezy engineers approval. Unfortunately as much as I want it I'd have to say it would
be a poor economic decision on your part considering the total sales would be pretty low for type 3's. Type 1,s would be a much better proposition.
For the Type 3 dilemma most people will just bolt on a set of disks from the later four bolt type 3 front end and drive away once they discover how
crappy this situation is. If I can't get the balance right and feel that the kit doesn't meet my expectations then I'll be doing exactly that.
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| posted on May 28th, 2013 at 06:17 AM |
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talk to VVDS in Sydney for your wide 5 brake set up 9789-1777
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| posted on May 28th, 2013 at 09:10 AM |
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I'm sure they appreciate the plug but I did my homework. I know Boris and Michael because VVDS is local to me so I discussed it at length. They do
not have a kit for type 3 nor are they keen to try to make one. I don't blame them. Total sales would probably amount to 2 units per year.
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| posted on May 28th, 2013 at 08:53 PM |
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It should be manditory to carry out the engineering before you sell a item to people that is going to be used on public roads, you seam to be
defending the seller who has done this continuously, a lot of people do not know about the legal requirement for the item to be engineered and
approved.
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| posted on May 28th, 2013 at 10:13 PM |
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Not taking that bait.  Have a good day mate.
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| posted on May 29th, 2013 at 12:39 AM |
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John's been around for 40yrs+
he must be doing something right
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| posted on May 29th, 2013 at 12:43 AM |
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eXraycer...
have you got pics of this setup.. I two am looking for Wide 5 brake kit. any info pics, size difference etc etc would be awesome.
cheers matty
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| posted on May 29th, 2013 at 11:20 AM |
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Matty I'm digging out all my parts on the weekend so will get a chance before then. My engineer is going over my IRS conversion, kafer bars, and
brake components on Tuesday. Booked him in last week for a preliminary inspection of the work I've done so I can avert any potential issues before I
get too far down the road with finishes and assembly. (A long road I expect)
Also wanting to discuss with him the options for lowering.
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| posted on May 29th, 2013 at 06:26 PM |
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all sounds good. lowering is the easy part if you have the correct rims/tyres ;o)
really interested in the disc wide 5 setup for the type 3... all the best.
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| posted on June 4th, 2013 at 02:02 PM |
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A couple of pics for you Matty.
Just mocked it up. +11mm each side. I expected about 8mm.
Engineer said up to 12mm offset change each side is ok.
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| posted on June 4th, 2013 at 03:12 PM |
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very nice... guessing they are now in?
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| posted on June 4th, 2013 at 03:44 PM |
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Will be a bit longer before I'm reassembling things. Just got em out and mocked up for the engineer to give me an idea if they might pass. I had a
progress inspection on the rear IRS conversion and other things so I could move ahead and paint my rear subframe. He liked the rear subframe I made.
Gave me OK to paint it which means I didn't need a crack test. It helped that I used a professional frame builder to weld it up with a tig and the
welds were all really neat.
The brakes need to be fitted, tested on the track and track width checked with a tape measure. I also need to give him the diameter of the caliper
piston and brake pad thickness so he can work out if the reservoir will be adequate. He mentioned I might need a proportioning valve to get the
balance right once the car is able to be tested. It's gonna be a while and I don't even know if I'll even stay keen on the wide 5 rims before I get
it on the road but I had to give it a go.
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| posted on June 4th, 2013 at 07:31 PM |
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Hey man,
I have the same brakes from john on my baja for about 3 years now. I'm very happy with them
except they are based on a different rotor to match the kombi axle.
Quit calling rust patina
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Hey man,
I have the same brakes from john on my baja for about 3 years now. I'm very happy with them
except they are based on a different rotor to match the kombi axle.
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Hey nils did you also buy the 22mm ATE master cylinder he sells and did you need to install any proportioning valve?
I got the master cylinder from him because mine was single circuit and completely f'd.
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Until very recently i have been running the 22mm single circuit kombi master cylinder. l do have an adjustable proportioning valve because they do
hook up better than the T3 drums on the back, though i do have 10r's back there.
I dare say if the wheels where the same size they would be pretty close to spot on
Quit calling rust patina
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| posted on June 10th, 2013 at 09:12 PM |
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You guys know that you can buy a wide five disc brake kit for the ball joing bug that will fit a Type 3?... I made up a set using the AC Industries
kit a while back.
If you fit stock late disc brake spindles to your Type 3, it all bolts on.... If want to stay with the standard drum spindles, fabricating a plate
adapter for the caliper is a snack.... I've made a few sets in the past, for a variety of calipers and rotors.... I usually build a mock-up using a
bit of MDF, then draw it up in a vector based application (I use Adobe Illustrator), export the file as a DXF and have the plates laser cut.
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