>From: "Raimund Feussner" <rfeussner@gmx.de>
>To: "Andrew Grebneff" <andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz>
>Subject: Re: Hansen brake kits
>Date: Sun, 4 Feb 2001 15:42:19 +0100
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>>Was the center part of the kit, or did the owner have to have it
>custom-made?
>
>Yes, it is part of Hansen�s brake conversion kit.
>
>>>Hansen provides new hubs where the porsche rotors with 5x112mm center fit
>>>onto.
>>Excellent (though I bet their pricesare excellent too... from Hansen's
>>point of view!).
>
>That�s what I think, too!
>
>>I don't have my van available here to look at the rear hubs, but you havew
>>been there and done that. It would have been nice if  a rear caliper
>>carrier was simple to have machined from steel or some ultrahigh-strength
>>fatigue-resistant aluminum alloy.
>
>The stock rear bearing housing doesn�t have the two bolt holes for the
>calipers.
>The hub itself is nothing more than a steel wheel with the 5 studs in it.
>easy to machine to fit under rotors.
>
>The bearing housing is mounted onto the rest of the suspension with 4
>screws. I�ll attach a drawing with our idea of a U-shaped caliper adapter.
>This was our idea to simulate the Oettinger housing with the caliper mounts.
>
>>The jpegs of the rear calipers and backingplate...are these Oettinger parts
>>too? Any idea what they cost?
>
>All of that is Oettinger. No idea of the costs. Oettinger all delivers a
>complete 4-disc-kit, not single parts of it.
>
>>Ben Tan looked at fitting the solid front rotors to the back, making an
>>aluminum rotor carrier.
>
>Just remove the brake drum. behind it is the hub with the studs where you
>could put a rotor onto. Look at the drawing.
>
>>Because of handbrake actuation he gave up this
>>idea.
>
>Audi rear cali�ers have a built-in provision for the handbrake cable.
>
>> I can get a complete bolt-on kit in Australia for about $330US, but
>>it would be nice to have Porsche all round!
>
>Wow! That�s quite cheap. Any info about this kit? Which parts are used?
>
>>This becomes a problem if I ever want to return the vehicle to stock for
>>selling...
>
>No problem for the front. Remove the brakes and the old machined rotor/hub
>and buy a new stock vanagon rotor (service interval parts). Finished.
>
>Raimund
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