4 bolt to 5 bolt conversion

I have a 68 Baja Bug that I want to convert from 4 bolt to wide 5 bolt
wheels (rear is not a problem....front is). Without going to link pin
suspension....is there a way to do it with stock VW parts or is there an
aftermarket wide 5 brake drum that takes the small bearings.
Thanks,
Reg

On Sun, 6 Mar 2005 21:10:59 -0500, "Reg Bonneau" >
wrote:

>Without going to link pin suspension....

'66 was the first year for balljoint, and stayed wide-5 until August
1967. couldn't say if they would work on a later chassis though.

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1966 VW Beetle 1300 Deluxe
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1964 Austin Mini Super Deluxe
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use 66 or 67 front drums with 68 front wheel bearings. bolt on.

My 68 Bay is wide 5 .

Dont know if that helps, but I know your can get 72 disks (4bolt) to
bolt straight on .

rich



bill may wrote:
> use 66 or 67 front drums with 68 front wheel bearings. bolt on.
>

Only thing is the master cylinder is different and I don't think the rear
drums are a straight swap.'72 Bay discs are small 5 lug.The 4 lugs are Bug
brakes.
"tricky" > wrote in message
...
> My 68 Bay is wide 5 .
>
> Dont know if that helps, but I know your can get 72 disks (4bolt) to bolt
> straight on .
>
> rich
>
>
>
> bill may wrote:
>> use 66 or 67 front drums with 68 front wheel bearings. bolt on.
>>