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Old 01-06-2014, 10:37 PM   #27
mechanixman
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Re: DIY Disc Brake Conversion

Well it's been a while. I've waited at school to machine the hubs, but we never had enough time to machine them right. It's hard enough to get it positioned left to right, but the fact that we need to worry about the position of rotation really killed us. I had a way of doing it, but I would need to invest in some sacrificial aluminum, which wasn't practical at all. The instructors wanted time to really think things through, but it's already been three months, and I need to get this bad boy on the road.
So I went to oreilly with the hub, and asked for the ford rotors. Nothing quite fit. The guy and I searched through their database for about 25 min and didn't find much. We thought we found a dodge rotor that fit, but we couldn't find it in the back....so we got creative.
We just started opening boxes till we found a rotor that would fit. This is what we got on our third try.
It's a rotor off a variety of chevys from 2001 to 2014
If anyone else is looking for one, it's barcode is 56999RGS
And it fits perfectly! Now I'll drill out the hub for bigger studs, and i'll be all set.
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