McGaughys rear big brake kit arrived
 

Came today. Looks pretty solid. A few scratched on bracket, nothing a little rattle can will not fix.
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Came with brake hoses, ebrake and cables. Only issue is where rotor fits on axle flange will need to turned a bit to get it to go on, even the instructions say this. No big deal really.
Will update when I get the kit on.

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Pretty slick, its going to make a big difference

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sweet setup man. cant wait for mine;)

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Do they make this for 14 bolt? Where did you get it?

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I got it from stylintrucks for 539.00 shipped to my door.
Not sure if they make a 14bolt version.

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Where is the new proportioning valve?

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Looks like a nice setup. Does it come with backing plates and a prop valve? What has to be turned on the rotor, the hub hole?

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no prop valve, I gotta get one.
And yes the hub hole needs to be turned.

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If they know this I wonder why they just wouldn't fix it at the factory?

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I just bought the brackets for disc on a 14 bolt off of pirate4x4.com. The brackets I bought use all the front brake parts from a mid seventies chevy dana 44. I am swapping out my d44 for a d60 so for about 50 bucks I'll have rear discs. :)

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maybe 10 bolt flanges are a little smaller than 12 bolt? Dunno, too lazy to take the drums off my 10 bolt to find out. Rotors/axles are at machine shop now ...

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Do you have any idea what the rotors fit? Are they custom made for a conversion application, or OEM replacements? I see they are drilled for dual pattern. Any idea what the other pattern is?

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Ken,
I am not sure if they are custom for mcgaughys kit or not. The other bolt hole pattern I believe is 4.75.

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Well, BAD NEWS.
guy called from machine shop today, so I went down there this afternoon.
Per directions, I knew the inside axle flange hole would need to be opened up a little, BUT, even with that the rotor will not sit flat on axle flange. You can either machine the inside of the rotor, or machine the outer flange of the axle, I did not want to do either, you would end needing to take almost 7/16 of material from one or the other, or split the difference, and hope the brackets and caliper line up. I called mcgaughys, and they verified this would need to be done, but it does not say this on their site or in directions(only machine rotor hole or shaft flange on end to get it to sit over flange.)
Anyway, after much frustration, I sent them back.
Seems like I will never get this rear end done.
So just an FYI for anyone interested in this brake kit.

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damn buddy that is bad news... my kit from blackbirds arrived today and i got the brackets, rotor, and caliper on the driverside done. turned out real nice. you should call randy at blackbirds. i think he's putting together a 13" rear disc kit. real great guy to deal with... Dennis:chevy:

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I might just do that!
thx
Post some pics..

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just finished them up and me and wife are off to see public enemy. i'll post them up for you as soon as i get back. really happy w/ the look.

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Man that dose suck, sorry about that. They did look cool but that dose not help fi they do not work. Like Dennis said blackbirds kit works very well, that is what I used.

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sorry took so long photobucket is sloooow tonight. as promised....
here is how the kit looks. keep in mind that this is the non e brake kit w/ 11 5/8" (about) rotors.
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i grinded down the casting for a smooth finish.
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Re: McGaughys rear big brake kit arrived
 

menace121978

did u do a flip kit on that

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looks good!

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yep.

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thanks man... hopefully they stop as good as they look! :lol:

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more info on the set up truck looks sick...

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that sucks cobra........hopefully you'll have no prob on the return and then get that blackbird setup,it look's nice.good work menace.i like it.