Excellent video as always 👍😀

Nice work! The van is getting more and more solid.

Great job and explanation. Thank you. Enjoy that van!

This is fantastic, Nate. I'm wondering how the difference in upgrading the rear to discs compared to the difference in upgrading the fronts to a bigger rotor. These videos are just fantastic though - a HUGE resource to our community and I really appreciate them. Thank you.

This is your best video yet

I have learned so much watching your vids..t hanks

Thanks again for the content.

Thank you for your good videos

Appreciate the thoroughness of this video Nate! I just did the full install with bearing housings too. One thing I came across on my '85 is that the parking brake cables don't fit through the T splitter. A quick pass with a drill bit fixed that, otherwise mine would have been sitting towards the middle of the T not nestled into the correct spot on the ends. Just in case anyone else comes across this problem.

ha, 7:37 is what i came for....88 GL and the backing plate is rusted through !! Appreciate the non salty West coast cars you all work on ! ... power steering lines, toast, and gas tank, toast, brake lines, guess ? toast... doing coolant line replacement too... but 7:37 is what I needed right now..thanks !

thanks so much! What a great video......If you ever come through Denver, I'mma buy you a beer

on the wish list for my 84 vanagon westy, thank you for sharing your experience! first vanagon for me, 2 months of driving now, biggest observation, slow... its not just the 82hp from the 1.9L which makes the vanagon slow, its more because of the big safety gap you need to leave in modern traffic which makes you slow. the (lack) of brakes is my biggest concern. the new car in front of you has great brakes, you just don't stand a chance of stopping... no more seat biting! thanks That Baldwin Life

Great Video Nate. Putting my paper route money away to pay for the upgrade.🙂

Great video of equally great brakes. One pro tip for you... Before you disconnect the brake lines (open the system) use something to hold the brake pedal down just a bit. This makes the cup in the master cylinder cover the feed holes from the reservoir and the brake fluid will not run out of the lines when opened. Side note: don't leave the pedal pressed all night, it will drain your battery.

Nice vid

Thank you for this detailed video. The manufacturer of this conversion kit has almost everything covered. One important component I didn’t see is a dust / splash guard (usually fastened directly behind the hub on the calliper carrier bracket). From my experience working on cars almost all disc brake systems has these guards. They must be installed because the back of the hub with the oil seal is exposed to the elements now. (With the brake drum setup, the back of the oil seal was enclosed inside the drum / backing plate housing).

Outstanding video!! My install went very smoothly because of you. Thanks a million!! One issue I wonder if anyone else has had... after installing this kit my slider door now rubs on the rear tire when opening. My tires are sized 215/65-15 currently. I wonder if I need to run a thinner tire like a 205? Anyone else's side door rubbing?

Great videos on the disc brakes, Nate! Thank you! But, is there a dust shield for the rear disc conversion?

always good stuff - I am however hearing good and bad about the rear disk brake related to "if" the E-brake still works well?

Brilliant video Nate - thanks for making this. I'll probably keep my stock drums because they are rock solid on hills but I'm doing the rear discs on a Honda Civic at the moment and this video has actuallly been really helpful. One question: what so you mean by 'machining of the hub'? Which bit needs machining and why? Can you give a breakdown of which greases you used too? Would you use ceramic grease on the ears of the pads when you service your brakes? The internet is quite militant about correct greases on disc brakes! Thanks again - Dave

Nice job. It doesn't look like you had to do any proportioning to compensate for the increased braking like in smaller (front-engined) cars. Would other Audi or VW rear disk setups be possible if I can't get (read: afford) the Burley kit? Good work, keep it up.

Awesome tutorial / DIY! Curious, what shocks are you running front and rear?

great video! but can i ask, over how many days was this install altogether? surely it wasnt all done in a day was it? no broken bolts anywhere etc?

Thanks for the great video! Just bought an 87 Westy. The brakes seem seriously underpowered which seems to match the expectation for the stock components. Would you start with replacing the fronts first or do the rear drum to disc conversion first? Being in Seattle, the brakes and headlights are first on our list of must dos.

Greta video & very detailed/ I have a 82 westy/ roughly what would a upgrade on the project cost? labor & parts? Like to get a idea before plan on it/ thx David

Just did my rear bearings on our 91 Westy, I can feel a little bit of play in the axle still prior to mounting everything back on the van. Is that something normal prior to tightening on the hub or am I looking at new housings or axle?

Great video! I'm curious why the hub needs to be machined, as you don't explain this in any detail. How many .mm needs to come off, if one needs to explain to machinist?

where did you buy that bent flare wrench in the video?

Greetings from Mexico, I wanted to do the same transformation and I had a problem. The wheels or tires of my Vanagon are 14" and they hit the caliper, could you tell me what wheel or tire your Vanagon uses. Could you tell me what parts you used, for the conversion. (Disc number and brand, caliper number or what vehicle did you take it from) Greetings and thanks for sharing.

good afternoon, please tell me where it is possible to order such a transition plate ? And from which machine is the support and brake disc?

Must be a CA van that you worked on. Never worked on a van that parts came off that easily. My only complaint with rear brake conversions is the brake pedal feel. I feel like the proportional valve needs to be improved on for the set up is up to modern standards.

Lotta work but worth it

A question if you will sir, I am doing the big brake upgrade in the front and was wondering if I can take the existing front brake assembly and replace the drums in the back. Is this feasible?

Nice video! I went to the Burley website but don’t see the rear brake kits? Maybe they’re sold out?

great video. love the housing as well. only critique is your cotter pin.... should it not be spread around the nut? not sure why that wasnt done.

Hello nice job..what ist there size off the tyre? I have bought the same wheels...And also the brake system . Greetings.

WHERE TO GET THE BUREley REAR DISC BRAKE KIT TO BUY: I`´M HAVEING A VANAGON1989.PLEASE LET ME KNOW

when you are smacking in the outer bearing using an old race are you not smacking the inner part of the new bearing? My understanding was that doing that is a no no

I just installed this setup on my doka and I noticed the rear brake pads are rubbing on the rotor from the get go. Did you have a similar experience? Thanks.

I went with the Go Westy kit because they come with the inner shields and only $666.69 as of December 2023. However, I did not know until watching this (forget at what time you mention it) that the reason Go Westy touts the fact that their kit does not need hub diameter reduction by machine shop lathe is because the rotor in their kit is "proprietary" - meaning their rotor fits the hub as-is. I did not know that this is significant when it comes to replacing the rotors; a machined reduced hub can accept other rotors than the one Go Westy supplies. The language everyone uses to address these facts is inappropriate. You say "held hostage" by Go Westy. Burley Motorsports says "ripped off". I say it's equally wise to select the Go Westy kit for now at half the priced of Burley, and if in 100k or 200k miles new rotors are needed, then get the hubs machined and source non Go Westy rotors. Overall, this video is valuable to the DIYer except when it comes to the crux of the choice of which kit to go with - access to a machine shop or a shop that will do it. That step is preventing many vans from receiving this crucial upgrade, as well as price. In that sense, Go Westy is the best path. And you get the inner shields. Thanks for the great video.

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