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thedkidhd Samba Member
Joined: June 26, 2011 Posts: 27 Location: michigan
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Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2022 9:44 am Post subject: Disc brake conversion and spindles |
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Hello all im looking to finish up an old project. Its a 69 standard. It has empi drop spindles on it currently and i would like to swap to disc brakes. Is there a kit that will work with my current setup or do i need a whole kit with new spindles. Thank you |
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RLFD213 Samba Member
Joined: January 21, 2009 Posts: 336
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Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2022 10:04 am Post subject: Re: Disc brake conversion and spindles |
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I don’t think the brake kits are specific to drop spindles or not. Whoever you order them through ask them about it but I don’t think they’re specific. |
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TDCTDI Samba Advocatus Diaboli
Joined: August 31, 2013 Posts: 12858 Location: North Carolina
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Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2022 10:57 am Post subject: Re: Disc brake conversion and spindles |
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You will need to get new spindles. The conversion bracket will not fit your existing spindles. _________________ Everybody born before 1975 has a story, good, bad, or indifferent, about a VW.
GOFUNDYOURSELF, quit asking everyone to do it for you!
An air cooled VW will make you a hoarder.
Do something, anything, to your project every day, and you will eventually complete it. |
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modok Samba Member
Joined: October 30, 2009 Posts: 26789 Location: Colorado Springs
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Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2022 12:37 pm Post subject: Re: Disc brake conversion and spindles |
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Do the spindles have a mount for the caliper?
Recently made spindles probably do.
Empi has been around a long time.
Last edited by modok on Wed Jul 13, 2022 4:33 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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NJ John Samba Member
Joined: September 21, 2007 Posts: 2224 Location: HdG, MD & NJ
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Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2022 1:21 pm Post subject: Re: Disc brake conversion and spindles |
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The bolt on kits don’t fit lowered spindles. _________________ 1973 standard, yellow, lowered, 3” narrowed front, 1600 blo-thru turbo w/single dell 15.4@86, so far
11.41 et buggy. Long gone
Let’s go O’s! Let’s go O’s!
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ghianowbug Samba Member
Joined: January 02, 2016 Posts: 126 Location: Oakville, Ontario , Canada
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Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2022 1:40 am Post subject: Re: Disc brake conversion and spindles |
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Vdub engineering has brackets for loered drum spindles. They fit wilwood caliprrs and std vw ghia rotor. |
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