Dusterbingthepeace
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Will a disc brake set up from a 73 challenger fit on a 73 Duster? If not, what mods will be needed? This is a factory set up from the challenger.
Your '73 duster has drum brakes up front? Is it a big bolt pattern car? I know they were supposed to be, but I've heard of some of the later drum brake cars still having the 5x4" bolt pattern.
Will a disc brake set up from a 73 challenger fit on a 73 Duster? If not, what mods will be needed? This is a factory set up from the challenger.
The control arms of an A-body and E-body (or any other body) are not the same! It's only the ball joint stud the is the same size so it will fit the tapered hole in both spindles. Drum and disc brakes don't share any common parts that's why it's best to get the whole setup off one donor car if possible.
To fo sho, the conversion that a previous owner had done on my 66 Sat was from an F body (everything E Booger don't like) sliding, rear hung calipers, ect,but w/ a front swat bar, the only thing I can do is get braided lines made a bit longer, if you jack the frt end up, and turn the wheel to full lock, there is a chance the stock line will be ripped apart (they are way too tight) I know of no other solution. Not trying to hijack, but , any input? Thank you m9in advance, Chuck
Our 64 Fairlane has Granada spindles........ready for some bumpsteer?? If the day ever gets here that I get around to the Fairlane I will be putting the drum spindles back on and just doing a SSBC conversion on it......I'm going through this very thing on a 64 Fairlane to Granada disc brake swap because the flex lines coming out of the Fairlane drums point in the opposite direction compared to the Granada disc brake caliper (effectively the same as moving a caliper from front to rear or visa-versa).
My solution is to replace the hard lines from the proportioning valve to the flex lines with longer ones I've formed to point in the opposite direction at the end, and moving the bracket at the flex line joint on the engine box rail from one side of the spindle to the other, but the same distance from the center (of the imaginary axle center). This allows me to keep the length of the flex lines about the same as the ones that were going to the original drums and gives me some assurance they won't rub on anything when the wheels are turned. I was going to use stock Granada flex lines (which I still have new), but a local company, Oil Filter Service (www.oilfilterserviceco.com) offers high quality braided ones to order, and is quite reasonable on price, so I've decided to go that way.
No reason that same solution (reversing the hard line direction and moving the brackets) wouldn't work when swapping the disc brake calipers from front to rear on the spindle of a B body to keep the flex lines a reasonable length and prevent binding up or rubbing on anything.
Our 64 Fairlane has Granada spindles........ready for some bumpsteer?? If the day ever gets here that I get around to the Fairlane I will be putting the drum spindles back on and just doing a SSBC conversion on it......
The amount of bumpsteer the thing has is down right scary.....
The problem I have is that the previous owner started some form of conversion. Its BBP but originally a slant 6 car with a v8 conversion when I bought it. My car is a 73 which came with disk from the factory. My local parts store had everything in stock for a 73 listing disc brakes. If I change from drum to disk spindles, everything should bolt up correct?