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PostPosted: Mon May 10, 2021 5:50 am    Post subject: Brake rebuild kit recommendation Reply with quote

My 73 brakes are shot. Does anyone have a total rebuild kit that you are happy with ?
SoCal imports has what looks like a nice kit with everything for around $ 200.
The similar parts at The Thing shop look to be double that, but I am guessing its all about quality.

Any recommendation would be appreciated.
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PostPosted: Mon May 10, 2021 7:42 am    Post subject: Re: Brake rebuild kit recommendation Reply with quote

Rock auto. No “kit”, but it’s easy enough to order what you need & you can pick “quality levels” if you really think one manufacturer is better than others. I got all hoses, master cylinder, all four wheel cylinders, & front & rear shoes for $120-ish shipped. (I got several other items that bumped it up just over $200.)
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PostPosted: Mon May 10, 2021 10:58 am    Post subject: Re: Brake rebuild kit recommendation Reply with quote

Thanks for the Rock Auto suggestion ...I never thought of them for VW parts
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PostPosted: Mon May 10, 2021 2:40 pm    Post subject: Re: Brake rebuild kit recommendation Reply with quote

You don't say where you are at, but what you need may vary greatly between a road salt state and other areas of the country.
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PostPosted: Mon May 10, 2021 4:00 pm    Post subject: Re: Brake rebuild kit recommendation Reply with quote

Florida....no issues with salt
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PostPosted: Mon May 10, 2021 8:21 pm    Post subject: Re: Brake rebuild kit recommendation Reply with quote

yel-mel wrote:
My 73 brakes are shot. Does anyone have a total rebuild kit that you are happy with ?
SoCal imports has what looks like a nice kit with everything for around $ 200.
The similar parts at The Thing shop look to be double that, but I am guessing its all about quality.

Any recommendation would be appreciated.


The most recent brake rebuilt I did, I used parts from CIP1.COM,

Here you have a video of the rebuilt on my YouTube Channel. Feel free to suscribe.


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PostPosted: Tue May 11, 2021 2:41 am    Post subject: Re: Brake rebuild kit recommendation Reply with quote

Psst, those are brake shoes, not pads.
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PostPosted: Tue May 11, 2021 1:47 pm    Post subject: Re: Brake rebuild kit recommendation Reply with quote

Great video Safari ! Good stuff
What is the tool you are using for the spring clips ? Ive always used pliers but that thing is slick.
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PostPosted: Tue May 11, 2021 7:19 pm    Post subject: Re: Brake rebuild kit recommendation Reply with quote

yel-mel wrote:
Great video Safari ! Good stuff
What is the tool you are using for the spring clips ? Ive always used pliers but that thing is slick.


That is the actual tool to do that... most people use pliers... When I can I try to use the right tool for the job.
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PostPosted: Sun May 30, 2021 9:25 pm    Post subject: Re: Brake rebuild kit recommendation Reply with quote

PLEASE DONT BUY CHINESE WHEEL CYLINDERS..
IF THERE IS NO NAME OR BRAND, THEYRE JUNK!
DONT RISK YOUR LIFE
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PostPosted: Mon May 31, 2021 8:13 am    Post subject: Re: Brake rebuild kit recommendation Reply with quote

[email protected] wrote:
PLEASE DONT BUY CHINESE WHEEL CYLINDERS..
IF THERE IS NO NAME OR BRAND, THEYRE JUNK!
DONT RISK YOUR LIFE



Eh, a majority of the parts for these cars are from China, whether they’re in a “name brand” package or not. I have installed hundreds to thousands of brake components from many different manufacturers from dozens of different suppliers & each is a crap shoot as to their origin & I have never had any of them fail suddenly or catastrophically and I can only count maybe three that were defective and those weren’t necessarily of Chinese origin.


There’s no reason to pay exorbitant fees for a “kit” from a specialty supplier when more often than not, it’s the same shit in a different box.
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