converting front drums to disc's brakes on 69c10

[jricharc]

Originally Posted by TR32

You should be fine with the booster unless its worn out. I went the junk yard way, spindles, rotors, calipers, and upper/lower ball joints from a c2500 heavy half. That's if you want to keep six lug. With my setup it required 67-68 3/4 ton lower control arms. I got a bit of a hard time going with this setup because folks said they couldn't get the alignment right. I don't have that issue and actually got a few benefits from it. I already had 2 1/2 coils cut on the front but the heavy half spindles gave me a little extra drop and about another inch in width. I run 6 lug rally wheels so it works for me. If you want more info let me know. If you want to keep it simple buy the aftermarket conversion....JMO

Thanks for the info, I have been replacing all the brake lines and the drums are decent I just wanted to upgrade at some point to make the routine maintenance a little easier on me.

I was trying to sell the truck to get a little later model C10 but people aren't willing to even pay $2k for a fully running/driving truck so I am not giving it away.