Disc brake conversion alert

[commando1]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/66-67-68-Do...Parts_Accessories&hash=item19ea5b2ca0&vxp=mtr

http://www.ebay.com/itm/66-67-68-Do...Parts_Accessories&hash=item1e88f33819&vxp=mtr

http://www.ebay.com/itm/69-70-71-Do...r_Truck_Parts_Accessories&hash=item1e87466a65

http://www.ebay.com/itm/69-70-71-Do...r_Truck_Parts_Accessories&hash=item19e8dd9d9a

 

[68plymouth383]

That's the very rare Budd brake setup. Just the lower rebuilt ball joints are 450 a piece. The rotors are very tough to find, and calipers. That's why most guys with those install the 69-73 setup. They use the drum or disc ball joints with 2 bolts. The 66-68 disc setup is very rare.

 

[68plymouth383]

The others you posted are real good. Thanks for sharing!!

 

[53ryder]

How hard is it to find the rest of the goodies (caliper/rotor/ backing plate,etc) needed to make a swap to disc brakes on a '67 Dodge?


Glenn

 

[hotdog647]

Somewhere I had read about using 73 c-body parts (caliper/rotor/ backing plate,etc) to do a front drum to disc swap in my 66 Fury. Miracles do happen and I found a 73 Fury at the junkyard. I pulled all the parts but recently bought a 68 New Yorker with a really leaky caliper. I'm thinking I can change the lower ball joint on the NY and swap the rest of the Budd stuff out. Hopefully within a month. Will let you know if it works. Doug

 

[tallhair]

Are you converting to disc brakes on your new ride Stan?

 

[commando1]

Nope. Don't need them. I don't feel Slabs with drums need to be converted to them. Like headers. On a C-body? Please. For bragging rights only.

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[tallhair]

Nope. Don't need them. I don't feel Slabs with drums need to be converted to them. Like headers. On a C-body? Please. For bragging rights only.

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Logically a heavier car is harder to stop so a C body would benefit more from them than a smaller car even if you probably won't be making multiple panic stops in succession or auto-crossing it. I agree about the headers though

How hard is it to find the rest of the goodies (caliper/rotor/ backing plate,etc) needed to make a swap to disc brakes on a '67 Dodge?


Glenn

All you need is the spindles from a 73-76 A body or 73-74 B body

1	Knuckle, L	1	3402629*	Master Power	‘73-74 E- body, disc- equipped ‘73-76 A- body	Junkyard, or new repros from Master Power Brakes, Inc
2	Knuckle, R	1	3402628*	Master Power	Same	Same

and the caliper brackets.

6	Caliper adapters	2	3880557*	_	‘76-‘78 B- body w/pin- type calipers	Junkyard. See text for slider- type info.
6A	Caliper adapters - opt.	2	3580839* 3461977*	-	‘70-74 E- body; ‘70- 75 B-body	For 10.87" rotors and 14-in. wheels

The rest can be sourced reasonable at the local parts store. Read this http://www.moparaction.com/tech/archive/disc-main.html

 

[polara71]

Stan and I have always been in the minority on this. My convertible has drums and there is no problem stopping. Sure four wheel discs would make a huge difference but front disc/rear drum isnt that amazing to make me wanna change the four wheel drums. These are simply cruisers that get minimal miles a year......

 

[tallhair]

You could have a stick on a pivot and it would stop eventually.

I wouldn't bother with rear discs either ...

 

[hotdog647]

Logically, 4 wheel discs would be the way to go. Realistically maybe not. Some articles about swapping Imperial rear discs to a Mopar drum rear say it really doesn't help much since the front brakes do a major part of the stopping. And there is something about the emergency/parking brake setup on the rear that is a PITA too. On big boats the factory 4 wheel drums do an amazing job.

 

[bajajoaquin]

That's the very rare Budd brake setup. Just the lower rebuilt ball joints are 450 a piece. The rotors are very tough to find, and calipers. That's why most guys with those install the 69-73 setup. They use the drum or disc ball joints with 2 bolts. The 66-68 disc setup is very rare.

Rotors are easy to find. Just expensive. One company cast a lot of them, and they can be purchased new. They're just not cheap. I can't speak to calipers, since I have three sets, and never tried to source them.