Date:         Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:28:54 -0700
Reply-To:     Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
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From:         Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Subject:      Re: Big brake conversion
Comments: To: Michael Sullivan <sandwichhead@GMAIL.COM>
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not especially to me ..........since .........the center of the holes needs
to be changed.
right ?
it's not just enlarging two holes per side, it's enlarging them and changing
where the center is of each of four holes. .
you might ask how many hours they're figuring.
sounds like two hours shop time to me. ......
and ...........by the time it's all figured out, jigged up ..........etc.
.....and finally done perfectly, I can imagine two hours easily.
I don't think it's an excessive charge.
perhaps if the guy did them on a regular basis, the price would come down.
It could be on the higher end of the scale perhaps, , but I don't think it's
a rip off.

I think I paid a general machine shop, not an automotive one, to turn down
two rear flanges ( for disc brakes ) ......and it was about 70 to 80 bucks,
.....
and that's kinda simple work, just turning down the outside of something
round.
For this job ...........
Drilling the exact right size holes,
on new centers, in an odd shaped thing like a spindle .......
pretty tricky in my opinion.
Scott
www.turbovans.com


----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Sullivan" <sandwichhead@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, June 30, 2009 6:05 PM
Subject: Re: Big brake conversion


> Depends on where you are, I guess.  Sounds high to me, tho.
> Michael in San Antonio
> 91GL AT 'Gringo'
> 73 Beetle
>
>
> On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 7:42 PM, Mike Miller <mwmiller@cwnet.com> wrote:
>
>> Vanners,
>>
>> I'm in the final stages of converting my '87 syncro to Audi G60 brakes.
>>
>> Took the calipers to a machine shop to get the mounting holes rebored to
>> the
>> correct spacing. Guy says $130.
>>
>> This sound about right or am I missing something here?
>>
>> Mike
>>