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herbsflat4
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pallen
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Took advantage of CB performance 20% sale and grabbed some rear disk brakes... seems to be pretty good quality. Decided to do rears first because 3 of my lug bolts have stripped in the cheapo "new" drums. The front original drums are still good...
Got them on
Needed a spacer to get the calipers centered over the rotors.
I still need to make new hard lines because mine were way to short to reach the calipers, but wouldn't have mattered if they did reach because I threaded one of the lines into the CB caliper and the brake line nut isn't long enough, it bottoms out on the surface of the caliper before seating the flared end to the caliper... so I will need some longer flare nut ends... or whatever they are called..
Oh and something else, I thought I had long swing axle by measuring the casting but there is no room for the long axle spacer on the axle end... I double checked everything and its all seated and perfect length without the supplied spacers... but isn't this a long axle casting??
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joescoolcustoms
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I have the same set for the front of mine. Pretty nice quality!
The caliper is a floating caliper, so, do not hard line right into it or your hard line will be flexing every time you use the brakes and as the pads wear.
Axle, looks like you have the '67 axles, long axle, short spline. '68 and up was a longer spline and needed that extra spacer between the castle nut and hub.
Also, that particular castle nut has been know to be a leading cause in the female spline failure on the rear hubs. The surface area is smaller than the later version and the points tend to dig into the softer hub metal causing slight loosness and spline wear. Worked well for VW until they went to a wider stance and more horse power. The preferred nut to use has the built in washer which spreads the load, and will not dig into the softer hub material. Buy original German late castle nuts. some of the aftermarket castle nuts are made of cast iron and have been known to fail while on the road.
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joescoolcustoms
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Pete at AirKelwd has hooked me up several times in the past. He even carries specific Banjo nuts and bent/tilted ends that keep the line tight and away from getting caught on road debris.
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cdnltded
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Ordered up some customs lines and they turned out great!
Turned out great, unfortunately I have another brake issue that needs addressed.... It started up a few weeks ago, first push of the brake pedal goes to the floor with almost no braking, second pedal push stiffens up and you have brakes.... I'm thinking something with the master cylinder... any ideas? |
definetly sounds like air in the system did you bench bleed the master cylinder?
first i would check that you have no lose fittings anywhere, double check everyone with a wrench. then i would get a buddy to help you bleed the brakes starting at the right rear, furthest way from the master. do it a fair amont especially if you didnt bench bleed the master there has to be air somewhere
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Well I could not get the rear brakes to feel right no matter how much I bleed, so I ordered up a new master cylinder and installed...
Bench bleed it first...
Got it all together and problem fixed! It breaks great, pedal feels really good and it doesn't pull or anything... very happy with it now...
Also got a few other things done, got a pair of flanged axle nuts,
Replaced the fuel filter and all washed up!
Its running and driving fantastic!
I do have a small oil leak from my Sump plate but probably because I have been reusing the gasket, I think I'm going to order one of those sump plates with o rings on it.
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When routing for disc brakes has anyone considered running the brake line down the spring plate instead of from the pickle fork around the axle tube? It should be quite possible to make a attachment tab to hang off body bolt hole at the end of the rear torsion tube.
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Been driving with no issues until tonight....
Gave my buddy a ride, last time he rode in the buggy I blew the trans up....
Engine started making a loud ticking sound from the left valve cover then went away. I got it home and took the cover off and found the rocker arm bolt backed out!
Looks like an easy enough fix...'going to pull them all out and locktight them in...
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heywebonya
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Pallen,
How did you "fix" the loose rocker arm nut? I have had the same issue and thinking loctite might help.
Any guidance?
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| Posted: Mon May 02, 2016 10:41 am Post subject: Re: New guys buggy project! |
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Pallen, thanks for the help.
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