Rear disc brake pic's please

[NEWFISHER]

I have searched and have come up empty. The kit that I bought has zero instructions and there could be a couple different ways to mount the rear brackets ( inside flange or outside flange) instead of doing it over a few times I thought I might check to see if anyone has tackled them on a stock axle and see the set up.
Thanks

[short&wide65]

Who did you buy the kit from? I'd be expressing my concern to them that there are no instructions or calling tech support at the very least.

[NEWFISHER]

Originally Posted by short&wide65

Who did you buy the kit from? I'd be expressing my concern to them that there are no instructions or calling tech support at the very least.

It's Sunday and they are closed

[short&wide65]

Originally Posted by NEWFISHER

It's Sunday and they are closed

Obviously but I would call first thing tomorrow and not risk installing something incorrectly.

[The Rocknrod]

Originally Posted by short&wide65

Who did you buy the kit from? ...

Still no answer from 2013.

[NEWFISHER]

Got it.


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[Captainfab]

I would have thought that those round tube spacers on the caliper bracket would have gone against the backing plate flange to achieve correct alignment with the caliper and rotor.

[NEWFISHER]

Originally Posted by Captainfab

I would have thought that those round tube spacers on the caliper bracket would have gone against the backing plate flange to achieve correct alignment with the caliper and rotor.

Yep, that was my mental dilema this morning too. The way they are supposed to mount is the last way I tried them. PIA mounting everything over and over when its been -10 here and every part you pick up is -9.

I'm missing some cable peices from the kit , but can fab them up from local hardware store, I will email the seller for a "use" list on the rotors and calipers for you and have him send the missing stuff so I can swap it out later.

[VictoriaHardware]

That looks like the same kit I was considering - Auto City Classic. Please give us a full report on how this goes, there is not much about them on this forum.

[jtrichard]

Cap i think you're right looks to me like the brackets are on the wrong side ( left bracket on right end of axle) there should not be near that much space between the caliper and the mounting bracket with new pads ...as the outer pad wears that gap gets bigger and it looks like it will run out of travel and only the inter pad will be working....i would say that gap is just slightly bigger than the spacers on the mounting brackets where it bolts to the axle ...those spacers are there for a reason and i don't see any reason for them as mounted

[NEWFISHER]

They do look backwards, but will not mechanically or physically allow the caliper to mount up to the rotor if swapped. When mounted this way, rotor spins true and by hand. If swapped, the caplier crashed into the rotor and will not mount up correctly. I have no idea why the spacers are welded to the bracket other than to cause grief to the installer.

[jtrichard]

look at pic in post #2 look at the gap or lack of between the plate and the caliper http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...=606090caliper .... i wish he had a pic from the front so you could see the spacers are on the flange side of the bracket.... sorry to say but yours is not right

[67chevy1series]

Let me try ad get you guys a pic tomorrow of how mine are set up

[NEWFISHER]

I had put several thousand miles on this kit and had to install a 2lb residual valve in the rear line. I also found that adjusting them by ratcheting the park brake several times once a week helped keep pedal pressure up. They do work well once you work the bugs out. It comes down to leaving drums and no worries or fine tuning a rear disc set up for better stopping power. I ran a non booster system for a better feel and it would throw you throw the windshield before locking up. You really had to to try to lock them up even under hard panic stops.