drums to disc

[big--jayt]

How easy is it to change from drum breaks to disc on a mk2 gti as my axle is bent and cant seem to find one near me and have been offered one with drums can anyone help or if anyone has a gti rear beam near colchester pm me many thanks

[nealey]

You will need handbrake cables and to repipe the solid lines to get rid of the compensator

Tbh its a bit of a downstep going to a non gti rear axle as you will lose the rear anti roll bar

[Jay]

Not all GTi's had discs on the rear iirc, so it could be an early GTi rear beam, while it's not attached to anything surely he could have an ARB fitted/welded on.

[troublestarter]

jay t
i forgot to mention i also have a mk3 gti rear beam but it is 5 stud

[richard s]

phone vw and see if they list more than one part number and if they only have one part number evrything should swap over

[Mew]

Not all GTi's had discs on the rear iirc, so it could be an early GTi rear beam,

Meh, mine's about as early as it gets and it has rear discs. They weren't an option either so i'm not convinced about the "not all gti's have rear discs" that i've read aswell tbh. 

[rubjonny]

the compensator is fine to leave in, 1.8 carb models with the 9" servo had them.  Pretty much a bolt on swap, you could convert it to discs even by swapping over the stub axles etc.
Are you sure its the actual beam thats bent and not one of the stub axles though?

The 5 stud GTI beam will swap straight on too, just fit 4 stud discs

[big--jayt]

Are you sure its the actual beam thats bent and not one of the stub axles though?

The 5 stud GTI beam will swap straight on too, just fit 4 stud discs
[/quote] im not sure as the rear wheel sits out at the top it has hit a curb not sure how fast it was going as it was done by last owner how would i be able to tell if its the axle or sub axle ?

[nealey]

Not all GTi's had discs on the rear iirc, so it could be an early GTi rear beam, while it's not attached to anything surely he could have an ARB fitted/welded on.

All gtis have discs on the back from launch, i have the sales brochures to prove it

You are thinking of mk1 gtis, they all had drums on the back

[rubjonny]

if you took the wheel of and did some measurements then repeat for the other side, i recon you should be able to spot if its stubby or beam?  Could always whip the stub off the mk3 axle & swap over, if the carrier bolts dont round out the job shouldnt take too long?