K&L Conversion annoying'nssss

[TransporterHaus]

my complete beam is from 55, so early beam, early arms and early spindles.
original bay disc brakes would be nice, but i think it wont work on early spindles.
so i have to go for early drums.. :?

It is possible to build 112PCD VW Brazil disc spindles with 55-63 king pins, which will give you the late bay disc brakes working with your 55-63 running gear. You don't want to know the price of these Brazil spindles now.
Pre 63 suspension stuff will work despite the weight, EvilBen has been using it on his bus for years but is not really worth using on a bay unless you are using aftermarket disc brakes such as CSP or Porsche 944. The 55-63 drums really restrict your aftermarket wheel choice and the brake parts are expensive. I know it's hard to get 64-67 king pin stuff now but it's worth the extra. We do have everything on the shelf to do this conversion.

 

[Stevo_L]

It is possible to build 112PCD VW Brazil disc spindles with 55-63 king pins, which will give you the late bay disc brakes working with your 55-63 running gear....

thank you.
do they have the same king pin diameter? or do i need to build some custom bushings?

I know they are not cheap but they are cheaper than a csp brake

 

[TransporterHaus]

It is possible to build 112PCD VW Brazil disc spindles with 55-63 king pins, which will give you the late bay disc brakes working with your 55-63 running gear....

thank you.
do they have the same king pin diameter? or do i need to build some custom bushings?

I know they are not cheap but they are cheaper than a csp brake

Any year king pin can be made to fit - the bore where the king pin bushes fit is 28mm on all years - the shaft size differs, but this doesn't matter. The main difference you are concerned about for your trailing arms is the link pins. In effect you would be making a 63 only spindle with your 55-63 king pins and this will do the job for you. Don't forget those VW Brazil spindles will need flipping to. This is a specialist job, there's a lot of machining required to do that. We can help here and have these on the shelf.