944 non turbo front brake disc upgrade.

SplitBusVanatic · Samba Member Joined: August 16, 2005 Posts: 97

Ok. Finally got a few Quid together and gathered some bits for my brake upgrade.

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Genuine 6j &7j 16 Fuchs. €450
Porsche 944 n/a Hubs. Calipers. Discs. Master Cylinder, Servo. €200
Kit to fit the Porsche stuff to the '66 Bus. From VDubEngineering €200

So. €850 for the lot including the wheels I thought was ok.

The wheels need a ReFurb alright.
I'm gonna take the petals back to Polished look with innerspring black.
That won't cost me anything.
Only time.

I've a few days off work to get my brakes up and running.
I'll have a bit of fun no doubt.
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SplitBusVanatic · Samba Member Joined: August 16, 2005 Posts: 97

So.
Tackled my hubs calipers and discs fitting today.

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From the picture above.

On the right is the 944 n/a Hub removed off its own spindle and separated from its disc.

On the bottom left is the inner and outer bearing from the 944 hub.

Middle left are the bearing spacers from Lanner's Kit (vdubengineering)

And Top left are the inner and outer Bearing Races from the 944 hub.
(The smaller race I pushed out easy enough myself.
For The bigger races I gave the two hubs to a local machine shop and asked them to pull them out.)

The other black circular part nearest the hub is the Grease Seal that Lanner provides.
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SplitBusVanatic · Samba Member Joined: August 16, 2005 Posts: 97

Then I assembled the hub again so to speak.
I put in The bearing spacers in first each side.
Then pressed in the Bearing Races over the spacers.
Finally placed in the well greased bearings.
And then pushed in the grease seal to sit flush with the edge of the hub.

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So with the disc cleaned up a bit.
I bolted the disc and hub back together.
And set about stripping the Splitty Drums off the front beam to reveal
It's spindles.

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Then I bolted up the Caliper Carrier/Bracket from Lanner's kit.
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CamPhone died then so it was time for the tea while the phone charged.
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SplitBusVanatic · Samba Member Joined: August 16, 2005 Posts: 97

I couldn't wait for the phone after I had the Tea gulped.
So finished that side in the meantime.

By that time the phone had charged
So
I went and did the same as above for the right hand side of the bus.

Here is the early Porsche 944 non turbo assembly all bolted together with Lanner's kit on the front of my Splitty.

Opposite side to the previous pictures,
Just to avoid confusion.

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And here is one of the Fuchs bolted to the new Bus front brake setup.
Cool

The Fuchs will look like this when I'm finished.
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Polished Petals.
Old Skool.

Next Installment is the Master Cylinder and Servo attempt Extravaganza.
Along with fitting brake lines.
Never ever done brakes before.
So it could be interesting.
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MTN BUG · Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2012 3:43 pm Post subject:

Looks like the Vdubengineering parts are working great. They worked for me as well. Have you tried installing your bearing caps? I had to stretch the drivers side cap but the passengers side fit without stretching. But I will say it was very close.

KombiMadness · Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2012 5:16 pm Post subject:

Good work and looks awesome!

Those polished Fuchs are the shit!!! Really beautiful rims....

flat · Samba Member Joined: April 02, 2004 Posts: 70

Looks awesome. Thanks for the feedback. Yeah you'll have to stretch the caps. Also I use bay window spindles nuts (clamp style vs double nut) and trim off the spindle shaft that sticks out past the spindle nut.

Cheers,
Lanner
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SplitBusVanatic · Samba Member Joined: August 16, 2005 Posts: 97

Thanks guys.
I gotta get me some of those bay clamping nuts.
Will the 944 ones not thread on ?
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flat · Samba Member Joined: April 02, 2004 Posts: 70

The 944 spindles nuts are the same thread as bus, but right hand thread on both sides (of 944) so you'd only be able to use them on the right side (left side on bus is left hand side).
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joescoolcustoms · Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2012 9:55 am Post subject:

I would like to do this conversion to my '59, but would like to keep the wide 5 lug pattern. Is there an adapter to go from 130-5 to 205-5?
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BulletBus · Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2012 2:27 pm Post subject:

How do you go about "stretching" a bearing cap? Just about ready to fit mine so this thread is awesome. I may need a step by step walk thru when I get to the spacers and races. I don't have instructions with mine, but I'm assuming your kit came with them?

Thanks.
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