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Thingggg
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Joined: June 30, 2004
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 Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2007 9:18 pm Post subject: 944 disk brakes |
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Anybody do this.
Anyone see a good article on the net?
Are the 82-84 944 breaks the ones people use for this rear disk conversion? |
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Ian Epperson
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Joined: January 12, 2005
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Location: Alameda, CA
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Thingggg
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| Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2007 12:33 am Post subject: |
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| Just what I was looking for, Thanks |
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kubelmann
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| Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2007 6:00 pm Post subject: |
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| Let me know if i can help you with this conversion. I have parts, experience and knowldege I enjoy sharing as well as sources for very good parts needed. This is one of the best low dollar brake conversion around... |
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Thingggg
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| Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 1:18 pm Post subject: |
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Kub:
Early 944--I got everything from trailing arms out for the rear + lines and rotors lines backing plates calipers and hardware for the front.
A guy on Samba will make me a mounting kit for Thing front end, ($300 new caliper mounts and spacers). Can you do better or sell me some specs to fab my own?
Here are some pics—rear calipers not shown but also comming.
Any comments tips you have appreciated—especially what you think my best wheel options are! What do you think of these?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/PUT-ANY-WHEELS-ON-Y...4324QQrdZ1
I will probably just lift it a couple inch. with turn and front adjusters.
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kubelmann
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| Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 7:59 pm Post subject: |
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I have read a number of article and tech reports that talked about machining a front caliper adapter, spacer and a custom front bearing race that would allow using front 944 brakes. I have collected some early front 944 brake parts in hopes of some day doing the modification on a Bug or Ghia.. The low budget method I use now is with my front caliper mounts that bolt right up to Thing spindles and allow the use of Ghia rotors and calipers and can be set up with the Porsche 5 x 130 bolt pattern to match the rear stock 944 disk brake assembly. Feel free to pmail me if you have questions that are of no interest or use here. Now for the rear brakes. I do not see a picture of the rear hubs, ebrake cables bunches of hardware. Also make sure that your rear rotors are in specs as they may need to be turned. Also check to see if they are out of round. More on wheels next post. K-mann
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Thingggg
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| Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 9:59 pm Post subject: |
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thanks, kubelmann
I am going to double check on your suggested make sure issues
Here is the guy that said he can do a kit to adapt front to Thing as well as this bus one.
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=304862
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| Ghia rotors and calipers and can be set up with the Porsche 5 x 130 bolt pattern to match the rear stock 944 disk brake assembly |
Didn't realize this will consider it, but some dealing has already been done--this 944 is local. |
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