JPOR: RE: junkyard full-floater

[RICH SCHAEFER <RSCHAEFER@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2000 08:54:40 -0800 (PST)
From: "Paul W." <a4xnut@yahoo.com>
Subject: RE: JPOR: junkyard full-floater


The GM D44 front caliper is much bigger than the metric/Caddy rear caliper. 
You can use the front calipers in the back - but you won't get any e-brake
action out of them.  (Line locks don't count as a legal e-brake... you have
to
have something purely mechanical... if you care about legality ;)

Paul, for some reaason, I just knew this thread would be right up your alley
:-)
so here's a question for oyu since you have the warn ff kit, does the warn
rear bracket attach the same way a front bracket does; over the spindle bolt
holes? can I just sub. the  warn bracket for the factory item, or is the
offset different?
I'm operating under the assumption that the warn kit is basically a custom
drilled spindle that uses a re-packaged f-150 hub, in which case I could do
this. does this sound right?


Some D44 rears already have the same 6-bolt pattern as the fronts, and some
have a 6-bolt pattern where 4 of the six bolts line up and you can either
weld
a tab on the top of the flange to line up the other two, or do like Warn
does
in their floater kits and drill two new holes in the spindle.

would you know which rears use this pattern?
there's an OLD fsj in the yard that definetly pre-dates '76.
I'm going to assume this waggy is gonna have a d44 in the back, but will it
be the 17(?)spline early d44?
 


Hmmm... I don't recall seeing that warning in my kits... but it might
explain
why the second one I got has allen bolt locks in the dial... but Warn told
me
that was to keep your friends from playing tricks on you and unlocking the
hubs
since the rears are a bit of a PIA to re-lock if unlocked under load.

I talked to a warn rep about this at the last rock garden event given by
ok4wd.
apparently, the cj m20's all have some slight bend in the tubes and the
constant occilation works the hub into the "free" position.

Paul

rich