SBP to BBP Disk Brake - 68 Valiant
Interesting commentary from a guy who's too broke to drive his car. Maybe if you spent less money on bling you could afford to race? Or is this not you?
Seems pretty simple to me. The OP has a 9" drum set up, which means he has the early, weaker design for the lower ball joint. Guys have snapped those undersized lower ball joint bolts.
So, instead of paying $500 or so for all new '73+ parts including the improved later spindles, he spends $800 for just the rotors, calipers and hubs and has to keep the weak lower ball joint and 9" spindles with the small wheel bearings. Oh, and the hub diameter is 3" on those Wilwoods, so any wheel with a hub bore less than 3.050" won't even fit. So any factory or factory replica wheel won't fit.
I mean seriously. Get all this for around $500 depending on your options
Or get this for $800 and still have to buy new brake lines. And wire your hubs together. And run your undersized lower ball joint bolts and small wheel bearings. And run wheels with a hub bore of 3.050" or bigger.
Interesting commentary from a guy who's too broke to drive his car. Maybe if you spent less money on bling you could afford to race? Or is this not you?
Seems pretty simple to me. The OP has a 9" drum set up, which means he has the early, weaker design for the lower ball joint. Guys have snapped those undersized lower ball joint bolts.
So, instead of paying $500 or so for all new '73+ parts including the improved later spindles, he spends $800 for just the rotors, calipers and hubs and has to keep the weak lower ball joint and 9" spindles with the small wheel bearings. Oh, and the hub diameter is 3" on those Wilwoods, so any wheel with a hub bore less than 3.050" won't even fit. So any factory or factory replica wheel won't fit.
I mean seriously. Get all this for around $500 depending on your options
Or get this for $800 and still have to buy new brake lines. And wire your hubs together. And run your undersized lower ball joint bolts and small wheel bearings. And run wheels with a hub bore of 3.050" or bigger.