1971 Plymouth Valiant "Granny Smith"
5/3/26:
Granny Smith looks nervous, but it is because it's time for the disc brake swap!
We have lift off! I won't lie, jacking it up high enough for the jack stands makes it sketchy to be around.
The old
After about an hour, the driver side drum came off with very little issue! The biggest hang up was the upper control arm bolt not wanting to come out.
Passenger side drum off! Took maybe a half hour.
Seeing how much progress I was making, I kept it going and got the old steering linkage out.
Only the center link was retained, everything else is from Kanter (though they no longer honor the FABO discount that PST used to have).
Back in! The hardest part was tightening down that nut on the steering box to 170 lb-ft of torque.
5/3/26:
Granny Smith looks nervous, but it is because it's time for the disc brake swap!
We have lift off! I won't lie, jacking it up high enough for the jack stands makes it sketchy to be around.
The old
After about an hour, the driver side drum came off with very little issue! The biggest hang up was the upper control arm bolt not wanting to come out.
Passenger side drum off! Took maybe a half hour.
Seeing how much progress I was making, I kept it going and got the old steering linkage out.
Only the center link was retained, everything else is from Kanter (though they no longer honor the FABO discount that PST used to have).
Back in! The hardest part was tightening down that nut on the steering box to 170 lb-ft of torque.