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Name These Brakes, For mystery lovers |
bigkensteele |
Apr 12 2007, 09:38 PM
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Quick story of origin. My cousin bought an old Beetle cab a few years back that had been converted to Porsche 5 lug. The fronts were a disc kit, and the rears were drilled drums. However, these rear brakes came with the car, and he gave them to me. He has no idea what kind of car they came from, and neither do I.
- Bolt spacing is same as Porsche 5 lug - Calipers are ATE, 3.75" spacing, single piston, no PN found - Hubs are 12 spline stamped Germany SHW 477 501 605 - Backing plates are stampted with a similar 477 xxx xxx number - Parking brake assembly similar to 911 inside disc - Spacing on 4 mount holes is 3.5" diagonal - Discs are vented, 11 3/8 (290mm) Given the design of the caliper, these appear to be old, like sixties old. Pics: |
bigkensteele |
Apr 12 2007, 10:52 PM
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Major Member Group: Members Posts: 2,197 Joined: 30-August 04 From: Cincinnati, OH Member No.: 2,660 Region Association: South East States |
I should have mentioned that none of the parts have a logo on them. I have owned VWs, BMWs, Porsches and an Audi, and as I recall parts on all of these cars had a logo or emblem stamped somewhere.
A couple of years ago, I called a few dealerships to see if they could back-reference the part numbers, and they couldn't. However, the VW, Porsche, and (I think BMW) guys all said that a 477 part number did not sound familiar. Don't recall if I called Mercedes, but again, I would assume that they would stamp most of their parts with the logo at least. I think that VW is out, because I can't think of any VW that would have had rear vented discs with rotors that large. Not sure who else shared the same lug spacing as Porsche, but my old Audi A4 looked a lot tighter than Porsche spacing. Thanks for all replies, Ken |
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