Rat trike from 1971 VW Beetle, brakes!

VSarge · Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2015 3:08 pm Post subject:

Got a CNC single pedal with 5/8" master. Will pick up brake line, flex lines and residual valve when it comes in. LOL!! It'll be the prettiest part on the trike too.

Sarge
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VW trike -- FrankenMutt
1971 1600
Swing Arm frame
Stock 4 spd tranny - no reverse gate (crap!)
1966/67 rear brakes wheel cylinders from front of 1966 Bug
1934 Chevy headlight
Custom leading link front end
Ford Ranger rims
P225/60R15 rear tires
GoldWIng front tire
Body is fiberglass nose from semi
One ugly exhaust, heavily rusted, set up for heat??? On a trike??

Tyranicon · Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2015 10:16 pm Post subject:

I thought all VW's master cylinders were below the wheel cylinders? Shocked

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68 Karmmann Ghia Convertible
64 Beetle
VW Trike

"The advantage of a bad memory is that one enjoys several times the same good things for the first time." -Friedrich Nietzsche

VSarge · Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2015 6:00 am Post subject:

If memory serves me correctly they also all ran remote reservoirs.
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VW trike -- FrankenMutt
1971 1600
Swing Arm frame
Stock 4 spd tranny - no reverse gate (crap!)
1966/67 rear brakes wheel cylinders from front of 1966 Bug
1934 Chevy headlight
Custom leading link front end
Ford Ranger rims
P225/60R15 rear tires
GoldWIng front tire
Body is fiberglass nose from semi
One ugly exhaust, heavily rusted, set up for heat??? On a trike??

Tyranicon · Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2015 6:29 am Post subject:

Good point. Embarassed

what residual valve are going to use, and where can I acquire one?

Thanks.
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68 Karmmann Ghia Convertible
64 Beetle
VW Trike

"The advantage of a bad memory is that one enjoys several times the same good things for the first time." -Friedrich Nietzsche

VSarge · Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2015 6:34 am Post subject:

Since I am using drum brakes I'm using a 10psi one. I just went did a search and picked a lower priced one from a reputable company. I ended up with one from Wilwood I got thru Jegs. Free shipping that day for some reason.

Sarge
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VW trike -- FrankenMutt
1971 1600
Swing Arm frame
Stock 4 spd tranny - no reverse gate (crap!)
1966/67 rear brakes wheel cylinders from front of 1966 Bug
1934 Chevy headlight
Custom leading link front end
Ford Ranger rims
P225/60R15 rear tires
GoldWIng front tire
Body is fiberglass nose from semi
One ugly exhaust, heavily rusted, set up for heat??? On a trike??

VSarge · Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2015 9:43 am Post subject:

She stops now!!!!!!!!!! Very Happy

Ripped everything but the drum brakes out, installed my CNC 252C, new bubble flared lines (what the shop carried and cheaper), the valve and such. Went fast, even with a few bending screwups.

Took much less time to bleed and she stops now. A lot less time to bleed.

Fixed the clutch cable as well. Shifts like a dream even without a bowden tube. Gent at the shop swore it wouldn't without the tube.

Oh and for those who insist that if the brakes lock up, then why upgrade? Well in a test run against a stock 67 VW upgraded to T3 brakes, even tho he outweighs me and needed to adjust his brakes, he stopped sooner.

Sarge
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VW trike -- FrankenMutt
1971 1600
Swing Arm frame
Stock 4 spd tranny - no reverse gate (crap!)
1966/67 rear brakes wheel cylinders from front of 1966 Bug
1934 Chevy headlight
Custom leading link front end
Ford Ranger rims
P225/60R15 rear tires
GoldWIng front tire
Body is fiberglass nose from semi
One ugly exhaust, heavily rusted, set up for heat??? On a trike??


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