Re: JPOR: Ford 9" Disk Brake Conversion

["Michael C. Knorr" <michaelknorr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Chris ,

>  Guess we'll see if the bore hole in
> the rotor lets it sit flat against the back of the axle
> shaft flange, though.  I've been ASSuming it will be!

Most likely it is not. It least it isn't on my Dana 44's and wasn't on
my buddy's 9" out of his eb. But it is fairly easy to have this bore
opened up. Or just have custom shafts made that only have the inside of
the flange machine to accept that bore. If you stepping up to 31 spline
shafts in your 9" keep that in mind.

>
>
> What I was more concerned about, though, was that it
> might be necessary to thin the axle flange a bit, in
> order to get the rotor into the center of the caliper.
> So what I need are a caliper bracket and caliper that
> line up with the rotor without any machining...

Lou Fegers Racing has a weld on bracket that is inexpensive. I have used
it on several rear ends I have built. It utilizes the fullsize chevy 1/2
ton caliper along with a F-150 rotor to give you rear disc's. The
bracket is part#40120 Lou Fegers is at :
http://www.loufegersracing.com/brake.htm

Just locate the rotor on the inside of the axle flange and you should
have plenty of room to weld the bracket on the housing.
As a side note my buddy had did the lincoln calipers earlier and
switched to this style do to the price of the lincoln calipers.
Something in the range of $100 a piece. You can buy a lot of chevy
calipers for that kind of jing.

Later,
Mike