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deerhoof Samba Member
Joined: March 18, 2007 Posts: 167 Location: portland, oregon
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Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 3:18 pm Post subject: drilling drums to fit disk wheels? |
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Thinking about trying to fit the later style bay wheels on a 69 bay w/ drums and read in a few places that getting the drums drilled would be a better option than adapters. Wondering where a good place would be to start looking for a machine shop to do this and if it would be a good idea in the first place. _________________ _______________________
" ' "69 bay weekender 1641 dp. |
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Neil Davies Samba Member
Joined: July 31, 2005 Posts: 393 Location: Kidderminster, West Midlands, UK
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Posted: Fri Feb 01, 2008 5:44 am Post subject: Re: drilling drums to fit disk wheels? |
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deerhoof wrote: |
Thinking about trying to fit the later style bay wheels on a 69 bay w/ drums and read in a few places that getting the drums drilled would be a better option than adapters. Wondering where a good place would be to start looking for a machine shop to do this and if it would be a good idea in the first place. |
If you really want to fit later wheels, why not just swap to the later brake bits. Surely going to be cheaper than having drums re-drilled. But the big question is why - the wide 205 pattern has a much wider range of nice looking wheels than the later 112! _________________ '67/'68 Cal Look Beetle, 2007cc, 48IDFs, 14.4 @ 93mph, Oct 2017.
'68/'70 Karmann Beetle, wife's project, progressing slowly.
'80 Devon Moonraker, wife's ratty but cool toy.
'86 Scirocco special project - still measuring up... |
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Mike Fisher Samba Member
Joined: January 30, 2006 Posts: 17963 Location: Eugene, OR
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Posted: Fri Feb 01, 2008 7:32 am Post subject: |
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I had a set of hubs redrilled @ a local machine shop for $120. |
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deerhoof Samba Member
Joined: March 18, 2007 Posts: 167 Location: portland, oregon
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Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2008 7:15 pm Post subject: |
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Mike Fisher wrote: |
I had a set of hubs redrilled @ a local machine shop for $120. |
Is that shop in eugene?
does it seem like a okay thing to do to the drums? _________________ _______________________
" ' "69 bay weekender 1641 dp. |
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Mike Fisher Samba Member
Joined: January 30, 2006 Posts: 17963 Location: Eugene, OR
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Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2008 7:36 pm Post subject: |
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I think it was Precision Machine in Eugene, but you should be able to get it done in Portland! I'm just driving squarebacks & not really familiar w/buses? |
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Hotrodvw Samba Member
Joined: July 06, 2004 Posts: 6327 Location: Orygun
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Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2008 9:44 pm Post subject: |
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Oregonians.....who'd have thunk. Ive heard Precision machine does decent work, not sure how up to speed they are on VW's though. _________________ '67 Sunroof
Eric
78x94 with IDA's....oober fun
Horsepower is an addiction........Addictions cost
lots of money!
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deerhoof Samba Member
Joined: March 18, 2007 Posts: 167 Location: portland, oregon
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Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2008 9:28 pm Post subject: |
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oregons it. _________________ _______________________
" ' "69 bay weekender 1641 dp. |
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