beam swapping??

[AxlFoley]

Possibly a silly question, but will late 5x112 beam with disks bolt on to an early bay? and if so could i then convert it to Porsche stud patern? and if so what ET wheels would fit?

 

[panalvan]

I think a late beam wont fit as the bolt holes that secure it to the chassis rails are diffrent on 1968 to early 1970 vans unless you have a late 1970 to 1972 van which it will fit i think

 

[AxlFoley]

i thought that was the case, does any one have any photos of the different beam types?

 

[james_stan]

I think a late beam wont fit as the bolt holes that secure it to the chassis rails are diffrent on 1968 to early 1970 vans unless you have a late 1970 to 1972 van which it will fit i think

I think this is the full information I'm pretty sure all 70's have the later bolt pattern - from a samba post if I recall..

211 401 061 K 68 to the end of 69.
211 401 061 M 70 and up. For 71 and up with power brakes, you need to also get 211 401 213 mounting. Then VW subbed the beam to part number 211 401 061 N for 70 to the end of 79. Comes with the servo bracket already installed.

Split bus people put on 68/69 beams on 65 to 67 buses and swap spindles to 71's so they have disc brakes. The beams have the same bolt pattern as split buses. 70 and up beams will not bolt in. Some say it raises the front 3", some say it stays the same......

 

[mcvw]

I also thought that a bay beam raises a split by a few inches. And if it does why would the splitty boys do this? :?:

 

[panalvan]

Not sure about the hieghtening thing but it is possable as years ago i fitted bay arms with ball joints to a split and it lowered it by about 3 inchs but to do this i had to machine down the bearing diameters.Cheep way to change a link pin beam to ball joints though