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Thanks for the pictures. I'll take a closer look at the kit and see what I can do. All I think I'm going to need is a spacer to center the caliper on the rotor. Is this what you had to do as well? you said that it was already a t/a rear disc diff.
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How did you shim the caliper to get the correct gap. Did you put the caliper bracket on the inside of the axle hub flange instead of the outside (differential side). because most kits go behind the axle flange. I hope from what I read above you are stock rear disc t/a rear that was missing parts like me.
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i would say just shim the mounting brackets to fit. if you need more room then mount them on the back side and shim them to what you need, with the rotor installed and tightened up against the axle flange.
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That's what the plan will be nut as I mentioned above usually they mount to the rear of the axle flange. I'll see what Russell has to say.
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check out what bam did on his chevy diff. alsokniown on here as kabwe. awesome fabber with some great innovative ideas
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s....php?t=440079/ fabbing up a set of brackets would be easy for a machinist or a guy with a plasma cutter but even a backyard guy could get it done if you can use part of your old bracket and weld it/bolt it to a new diff bracket welded on the diff at the appropriate location. you could use brakes from something else then if you wanted. pick something easy to find parts for and also that your wheel size choice will fit over, like s10. what year of truck have you got there, haven't found that in the thread yet. maybe I am blind as well as deaf and dumb.....haha got some pics? |
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For what it's worth, I went to Rockauto and cataloged the brake parts for your current rearend.
They shows rotors, calipers, brake pads, and park brake cables completely available. |
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I took and look and see that. The only problem I think is the rotors don't come with ebrake assembly. I'll do some further digging.
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Is the e-brake not built into the calipers themselves ? I've never laid hands on one of these, but google image search looks like the calipers have a lever on them for the cable to attach to. |
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I have to do a little more research on this though because I showed the guy at napa today and he couldn't tell me if they were the same part number or not this article says they are the same. http://nastyz28.com/threads/rod-mc.213484/ |
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Have you looked at any of the links I posted? Centric calipers are listed with the spring and bracket. The park brake is built into the caliper so there are no separate shoes. They have several different styles of rotors and pads so you can choose a combination you like. Centric also has a very good tech line. I've used them for a number of issues. They're honest imo. I have been told "Our products won't do what you want" which is very rare to hear these days.
King caliper is a rebuilder close to me. I source King parts for many of our fleet vehicles. I have spoken directly with the engineers there for specific applications. I have sent calipers to them that they do not list in a catalog and they have rebuilt them and sent them back. Their web site isn't much to look at but their brake work is good. http://www.kaliper.com/ IIRC (it's been many years since I went down this road) Cadillac switched some models to metric fasteners in the caliper while Pontiac, Buick, and Olds took longer. So the bleeder and the banjo bolt were metric in some but not all. You could bolt one caliper in place of the other but you'd have to source a new banjo bolt. FWIW I would not attempt to put larger rear brakes on a TF truck without the truck having a better weight balance. The front axle carries a much higher percentage of the weight than the rear and putting in highly effective rear brakes can increase the tendency for the rear wheels to skid in a stop. This is bad. Locked rears turn your pickup into a top ready to spin at a time when you need directional stability. |
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