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vwsteve
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PostPosted: Tue May 07, 2013 6:26 am    Post subject: Brake parts interchangeability Reply with quote
I just picked up a small nut bus tranny that was in a baja bug. I want to put it back into another bug. The drums are missing. Can I use bug drums and just add a spacer behind the castle nut? Can I just put bug backing plates and all on the reduction boxes? I tried searching, but didn't come up with much. Thanks
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PostPosted: Tue May 07, 2013 6:31 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
no. they are not interchangeable.
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PostPosted: Tue May 07, 2013 12:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Other than the snout being shorter, why wont the drums work? I am talking about 68 4 lug bug drums.

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PostPosted: Tue May 07, 2013 1:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Space and Nuts.
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PostPosted: Wed May 08, 2013 6:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
crofty wrote:
Space and Nuts.


lol.......I am sure you are right, but could you be a little more specific? I read somewhere that a small nut bus drum could be fitted to a late bug by milling the snout down and the outer lip on the edge so I assume the brake shoes are the same size. Is it because the drum will not slide on far enough?
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PostPosted: Wed May 08, 2013 9:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
bus brake shoes are wider then bug brake shoes by 1/16" so a bug drum will not slide on all the way
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