changing from wide 5 to Porsche

[volksnut]

on a 68 what is needed.....I would like to run 15x6 Fuchs, front discs and rear drums would be grand..could I run later spindles/disc rotors and have them redrilled on front and later rear drum and have the hub/drum redrilled? Or do I need the whole 944 disc/spindle front, rear disc/hub and trailing arm deal? Tell me what all is needed

[Jeff Geisen]

The stock hubs found on the later Bay 5X112 are not wide enough to accomodate a re-drilling.
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we have put 944 fronts onto bay windows by 2 different methods. the first and easiest is to get our minor kit which has brackets and bearing spacers. the 944 and the post 64 bus use the same wheel bearings, but the bus spindle is longer, so we make spacers that don't allow the bearing races to go into the 944 hub quite as far and matches the spread of the bus spindle. the rear hub area needs to be machined to fit the type 2 grease seal on 68 and later busses. the stock 944 seal works on 64 to 67 busses. also the grease cap needs to be modified because the 944 cap is a little too short and won't seal before it hits the end of the spindle. on the 64 to 67 's we modify the 944 cap. I can't remember exactly what we do for the bay window, but it wasn't difficult. the reason I can't remember is that we have done a lot of earlys and not many lates.
The second way and my preferred way is to make a drop spindle by mating the 944 spindle to a 68 to 70 bus spindle. this allows you to use stock 944 brakes without any bearing spacers or grease cap mods. it also lowers the bus about 2 1/2 inches at the same time.

in the rear, it is possible to redrill the 5 x 112 rear hub from a 71 up and install it onto the 68 along with the stub axle and rear drums (which also need a modification) I am not certain if the shoes and wheels cylinders from the 68 will work in the 71 up drum or not but it is easy to change it all to the later stuff and drill the hubs for 5 x 130

We are currently working on a 944 rear disc with hand brake kit and the first working one should be ready in a couple weeks.

Russell at Old Speed

[stevemariott]

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http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=569898




check this link. it is for a 944 rear disc brake onto a bay.
check other ads for fronts

thanks, Russell