Are the 9" brake and 10" drum brake spindles the same on an A-body?? I say no, but another mopar head insists the are...
What say you, FABO?
What say you, FABO?
Stupid question of the day: Spindles??
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doug 371
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Oklacarcollecto
Life is an experiment
Definitely not the same. Tell him to look up the bearings and they will see the are different. He can also look up the aftermarket disc brake conversion kits and he will see there is one for 9" and a different on for the 10" spindles. On the conversion only the spindles are used and the other brake parts are eliminated.
Keith Mopar
Mopar Nut
Yup different. 9 on the left and what Oklacarcollecto said.
Quote-"He can also look up the aftermarket disc brake conversion kits and he will see there is one for 9" and a different on for the 10" spindles".
There ya go! I hadn't had enough caffeine yet this AM, thus your help is appreciated!
There ya go! I hadn't had enough caffeine yet this AM, thus your help is appreciated!
And the 9" knuckle uses a different lower ball joint. THAT part is actaully the weak link in the 9" stuff. You do not want to use 9" "spindles" on a performance Mopar.
Oklacarcollecto
Life is an experiment
I have seen that posted several times but when you look up the application on the 68 A-body they show the same Moog part numbers on both the 9" and 10" drums.
NO, and the 9" are so weak looking that I would never use them in a Disc conversion. I know people do it but not I.
Good stuff guys! I'm thinking I'm going to do the aftermarket disc conversion on my Dart rather than "upgrade" to the 10" drums.
Just be sure that you can get replacement parts easily whichever way you go.
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