RE: [Brakes] Dumpster Diving at the local Yard

["Chris DeLong" <green536@hotmail.com>]

>From what I recall from having stock rear drums and converting to Dasher 
wagon rear drums and then to rear disc; the Dasher drums braked the best 
without losing any pedal travel and I have heard from others who have done 
the stock rear drum-to-disc conversion have had no improvement in braking 
power. So, if you want better braking without spending alot of $$ on a 
bigger master cylinder to keep the same pedal travel; my advice would be 
dasher (also Rabbit PU, VW and Audi Fox) rear drums. They use the same wheel 
cylinders as stock scirocco. HTH


>From: "Neal Tovsen" <sixteen.volt@gte.net>
>To: "T Berk" <tberk@mindspring.com>, "scirocco-l" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>Subject: RE: [Brakes] Dumpster Diving at the local Yard
>Date: Sat, 8 Jan 2000 01:17:13 -0600
>
>Your fronts are (IIRC) 9.4", while the 16v fronts are 10.1". Remember that
>13" wheels won't cover the 10.1" brakes if you go that route. I think 
>you'll
>also need many more parts from the rear beam besides the calipers. I'm not
>exactly sure what, but I seem to remember someone saying that you even need
>the stub axles and everything bolted to it. Most people recommend that you
>just transplant the whole rear beam.
>
>IMHO, if you get them cheap, I think that rear disks are great even if it's
>just for the maintenance. Except for the fact that VW rear calipers are
>prone to siezing, of course, pads and rotors are generally so much easier 
>to
>work on than drums and shoes. OTOH, Scirocco rear drums are pretty easy, as
>drums go...
>
>Neal
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> > [mailto:owner-scirocco-l@scirocco.org]On Behalf Of T Berk
> > Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2000 10:47 PM
> > To: scirocco-l
> > Subject: [Brakes] Dumpster Diving at the local Yard
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Presented with a GLI shell (now gone :[ ) and a Mk2 16v Golf I began to
> > covet the rear disk brake setup. (If you must lambaste the lack of a
> > need for my Mk1 to require rear disks then - Fie on ye.)
> >
> > I'm thinking of grabbing the M/C, the rear calipers and wonder aren't
> > the fronts larger than my stock disk as well.
> >
> > I'll be rebuilding w/ new rotors so not to worry about that.
> >
> > tia,
> > TBerk
> >
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Chris DeLong
ICQ#45030867
Seattle, WA USA
'80 16V Rag
'65 Bus (ugly, but good for campin' W/toaster oven)
'82 GLI (with a severely mangled trunk lock thanks to the fucking thieves!)
'80 'Vert
'61 17 Window
'78 Scirocco


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