RE: [vintagvw] Disc Brake Kits

2013-09-17 Thread Bert Knupp
The last piece of my disk-brake conversion kit for my 1970 beetle arrived today from Mid America Motorworks - almost exactly 6 months to the day after I ordered the conversion kit. It purported to be a remanufactured left spindle, though unlike the right spindle shipped earlier, it was drilled

Re: [vintagvw] Disc Brake Kits

2013-09-17 Thread Michael
Bert, I would return that garbage and do my business elsewhere. The new owner is not a genuine VW guy, just a greedy capitalist. It's obvious by the prices, products and the way he does business. I won't spend a dime with him and can't recommend that anyone does either. The only thing

RE: [vintagvw] Disc Brake Kits

2013-09-17 Thread Dave C. Bolen
Bert, The problem that I had with the left(drivers side) spindle from an empi kit was that the speeometer cable drilling was not well done at all. Even after I worked it over, my speedometer has the bump,bump look of a kinked cable...I don't expect the cable to last very long. look at that

Re: [vintagvw] Disc Brake Kits

2013-09-10 Thread Pieretti, Luis A SGT RET
www.airkewld.com And work your way to your make and model. Luis On Sep 9, 2013, at 8:17 PM, Bert.knupp bert.kn...@comcast.net wrote: I couldn't make the link work, Luis. Bert Sent from my Samsung Epic™ 4G Touch Pieretti, Luis A SGT RET luis.piere...@us.army.mil wrote:

RE: [vintagvw] Disc Brake Kits

2013-09-09 Thread Bert.knupp
Nick, I'm doing the same with my '70beetle and having a helluvva time. I ordered the great-looking kit from Mid-America Motorworks in March 2013. One of the required remanufactured spindles is STILL on back-order (on Sept 9!). Getting info from MAM requires plaintive begging. They won't even

Re: [vintagvw] Disc Brake Kits

2013-09-09 Thread Bert.knupp
I couldn't make the link work, Luis. Bert Sent from my Samsung Epic™ 4G TouchPieretti, Luis A SGT RET luis.piere...@us.army.mil wrote:http://www.airkewld.com/category-s/1936.htm may have what you looking for. My humble opinion, their products are high quality.  Luis Sent from my smart

Re: [vintagvw] Disc Brake Kits

2013-09-09 Thread Pieretti, Luis A SGT RET
You are absolutely correct. I selected the wrong year/model. I stand corrected. Sent from my smart device. On Sep 9, 2013, at 8:17 PM, Bert.knupp bert.kn...@comcast.net wrote: I couldn't make the link work, Luis. Bert Sent from my Samsung Epic™ 4G Touch Pieretti, Luis A SGT RET