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On 14 Sep 2004 at 10:45, fess wrote: > > Are there rear disc brake kits for type 3? I called ISP west, and > > they didn't seem to think so, and I haven't found any. > I'm still curious about this. I can't seem to find any good info, at > night on the net, when I have time to look. > has anyone installed rear disc brake kits and gotten the parking brakes > working? was fabrication required [ extending the metal cable guides to reach > the flexible cable guide ] or was the correct parking brake cable [ parking > brake cable guide. ] available? There are probably kits out there, but they probably aren't going to be a simple bolt on affair that you're looking for. Most disk brakes have no provisions for parking brakes, so these will have to be somewhat special (read: expensive) or you'll have to do without a parking brake. There are actually very few occasions where there would be ANY advantage to this anyway. The braking power available at the front and rear wheels has to be balanced so that you don't lock up one axle or the other on hard braking. The OE brakes are excellent and well balanced, which means that if you improve the rear brakes you'll also have to improve the fronts, or suffer an overall decrease in braking power overall. In general, this is just another way to spend a lot of time and money for nothing more than "bragging rights." -- Jim Adney jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, WI 53711-3054 USA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ Shameless link for search engines: http://listarchive.type3.org ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~