Super beetle Self adjusting rear brakes

[Beata]

I have a 73 super with self adjusting rear drum brakes.
There is an arm that adjusts the brake shoes automatically and I wonder if anyone knows what one should think about when assembling this?

[JonF]

photos plz!

old vw's did not come stock with self adjusting brakes.
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68 bug 1600sp 30/31
68 baja 1600sp 010 32ndix

[flierbob]

Is it possible to get self adjusting brakes for the rear on bugs?

Bob

[Beata]

Look at the illustration below:
I have the second version of brakes.
It is item 32 that I wonder about. How should this be set up?

Perhaps it was only a European or Swedish option but 1303 73 and forward had as far as I know self adjusting rear brakes.

[vw_hank]

Not saying thy didn't have them in the US,,, But I have yet to work with/see A set. If the set up works that would be A nice up-grade!!
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[Beata]

Here is a picture of the brakes in a car (bad picture):

[JonF]

very interesting! looks like it might work off of the hand brake. when you set your hand brake it adjusts the shoes.

is there anything at the bottom of the backing plate where the adjusting stars would normally be located at to keep the shoes in place?

i wonder if this was just an option for sweden or if other countries may of had it also and how rare this is or isnt.
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68 baja 1600sp 010 32ndix

[Beata]

There is no lower adjustment. The metal block where the adjuster stars would be has only slots for the brake shoes.
I have read somewhere that it was a legal requirement in Sweden.
The adjuster is pretty thin metal and is bent on my car. It would be great if someone could tell me what to think about when reinstalling the shoes springs adjuster etc.
The springs are quite different to the "normal" version with the adjuster stars.

[Joel]

It was quite common on most cars of the same era, particularly Jap-scrap, I remember my 74 Celica having it and wondering why VWs didn't.

It works of a funky ratchet type setup when the handbrake is operated.
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1974 Germanlook 1303 2.5 Suba-Beetle

[Willhelm]

A "pawl".
The pawl advances the star each time the hand break is cycled through. In theory anyhow. Corrosion from road salt wreaked havoc on that hardware. My 83(?) Dodge Charger 2.2 had the same set up.

[torsionbar]

cool, i've never seen this before. interesting find.
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[Gerrelt]

I beleive it's a swedish-thing. For some reason the Swedish beetles had these, from a certain year, standard. Legislation, maybe?
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[Roostalee]

Wow, those are cool. Maybe it has something to do with trolls. Beata, you do have problems with trolls sabotaging your brakes, right?

Just kidding. My last name is Lundberg, which I hear is pretty common in Sweden. But I wish my last name was Porsche sometimes
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I along with others have put the Vanagon self adjusters on earlier
bays.
I wonder if the setup in the pics are Rabbit/golf parts?
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[vw_hank]

[Beata]

Yes Lundberg is a pretty common name in Sweden!
Do yoy have Swedish ancestors perhaps?

I Guess I should look at a rabbit and see if they have thé same setup. My adjuster arm is pretty worn out and should be replaced.

Thanks for thé input!