disc brake conversion

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twister01

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Question of the day. I bought a 1972 dodge dart . its a v-8 car . drum front brakes. He gave me all the hard parts to convert it to disc. So I bought new bearings seals calipers etc to find out they are not 73 and up brackets can you help identify what these are?
thanks Dave
 

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question , I did a search couldn't find the part numbers. But I am finding some people have the calipers mounted in front side of the rotor and I found some mounted to the rear of the rotor whats the correct location.
 
These are 11" rotors. ok so my spindles are 73 and up A body. I just need to figure out if my caliper brackets are pin style or bolt .
 
ok so just found out my spindles are not 73 and up the inner bearing dia. is 1 1/4 " now I am really confused what I have.
 
E-Berg printed up a spreadsheet in HR magazine(I think) way back in the early 2000s detailing all that stuff. I forget it all, and my cars are under snow right now, so I cannot help any further.
A close-up of the bracket, showing the whole bracket would help.

EDIT see below; MoparAction, MA magazine. Big thanks to Clroads
 
thanks for your help . I ordered a set of calipers and pads for a 76 charger that should be the right calipers. The only thing I am not finding is why me spindle inner bearing diameter is only 1 1/4 " . I will pull the old bearing and seal and run some numbers to find those replacements. thanks Dave
 
twister01 said:
question , I did a search couldn't find the part numbers. But I am finding some people have the calipers mounted in front side of the rotor and I found some mounted to the rear of the rotor whats the correct location.
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A bodies came with them front mounted. But that can interfere with a sway bar. The can be mounted at the rear with out any issues. Just make sure the bleeder is at the top.
 
abodyjoe said:
A bodies came with them front mounted. But that can interfere with a sway bar. The can be mounted at the rear with out any issues. Just make sure the bleeder is at the top.
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I'd like to add,Almost, without issues,Cuz you have to be careful of where and how the hoses are routed, cuz you are re-engineering, and it's your responsibility to make sure those brakes never fail, due to your not paying attention to stuff.

I'd also like to add that I think my 1980 F-body has 'em on the rear side. I like them on the rear.Why,IDK. Why do I like 1959 Belaire tailfins better than 1960,IDK. Why do I prefer Redheads,IDK. I have no problem figuring out why I like my wife. Life's just like that....
 
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