1964 plymouth valiant with willwood B body breaks

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Hello guys. I need help. I have a 1964 plymouth valiant. Im doing QA1 upper and lower control arms. I ordered the upper arms for the big bolt spindles. I need to know if i can use these wilwood disc brakes.

Wilwood Disc Brakes

thanks guys !
 
Hugo Gonzalez said:
Hello guys. I need help. I have a 1964 plymouth valiant. Im doing QA1 upper and lower control arms. I ordered the upper arms for the big bolt spindles. I need to know if i can use these wilwood disc brakes.

Wilwood Disc Brakes

thanks guys !
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You can, but you’ll need a set of ‘70-‘72 B/E body disk spindles. Only those will work, they have a different wheel bearing diameter than the 73+ disk spindles.
 
Awesome ! Thank you.

Any brand you recommened thank you. You have any brands you recommend ?
72bluNblu said:
You can, but you’ll need a set of ‘70-‘72 B/E body disk spindles. Only those will work, they have a different wheel bearing diameter than the 73+ disk spindles.
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Huh? Brands?

You’ll have to find those spindles used, they’re not reproduced. Only the 73+ disk spindles are reproduced.
 
What type of booster will i need? Does it have to be willwood or can I do anykind ?
 
Hugo Gonzalez said:
1962-1974 Mopar B & E-Body Spindles

This fits within the years you mentioned. Wouldnt these work ?
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Those are the 73+ spindles. They will fit B/E bodies from ‘62-‘74, but that Wilwood brake kit you listed will not fit those spindles. That kit fits OE spindles used only from ‘70-‘72, which use a different wheel bearing than the ‘73 spindles.
 
Ok, Its weird because all the ones I can find list from 62 to 74 but I cant find any from 70 to 72. Any suggestions ?
72bluNblu said:
Those are the 73+ spindles. They will fit B/E bodies from ‘62-‘74, but that Wilwood brake kit you listed will not fit those spindles. That kit fits OE spindles used only from ‘70-‘72, which use a different wheel bearing than the ‘73 spindl
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Hugo Gonzalez said:
Ok, Its weird because all the ones I can find list from 62 to 74 but I cant find any from 70 to 72. Any suggestions ?
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It’s not weird. Those 73+ spindles will fit any of those cars, and more actually. The disk kit you listed is only for the original 70-72 B/E spindles, which are not reproduced.

So, if you don’t already have spindles, your best bet is to use the 73+ spindles and a different brake kit that is compatible with the 73+ disk spindles that are reproduced. You could even just get an entire 73+ disk brake kit, using factory replacement parts, from DoctorDiff. Cass @DoctorDiff has all of those parts and can sell you an entire kit, which you can then get parts for any any parts store.

Or pick a different a Wilwood kit, one that uses the 73+ reproduction spindles.
 
I have a set of '70-2 b/e disc spindles for $225 shipping include. PM me if interested.

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That's what makes this site so great.....congrats!!!
 
Got it !, Thank you

Fellow forum member responded and he has the spindles, but before I buy them is there anything else you can advise based on the info and set up I am doing ?
72bluNblu said:
It’s not weird. Those 73+ spindles will fit any of those cars, and more actually. The disk kit you listed is only for the original 70-72 B/E spindles, which are not reproduced.

So, if you don’t already have spindles, your best bet is to use the 73+ spindles and a different brake kit that is compatible with the 73+ disk spindles that are reproduced. You could even just get an entire 73+ disk brake kit, using factory replacement parts, from DoctorDiff. Cass @DoctorDiff has all of those parts and can sell you an entire kit, which you can then get parts for any any parts store.

Or pick a different a Wilwood kit, one that uses the 73+ reproduction spindles.
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72bluNblu said:
It’s not weird. Those 73+ spindles will fit any of those cars, and more actually. The disk kit you listed is only for the original 70-72 B/E spindles, which are not reproduced.

So, if you don’t already have spindles, your best bet is to use the 73+ spindles and a different brake kit that is compatible with the 73+ disk spindles that are reproduced. You could even just get an entire 73+ disk brake kit, using factory replacement parts, from DoctorDiff. Cass @DoctorDiff has all of those parts and can sell you an entire kit, which you can then get parts for any any parts store.

Or pick a different a Wilwood kit, one that uses the 73+ reproduction spindles.
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Awesome, Thank you I wasn't aware that Doctor Diff made these kits. A guy responded here with the spindles but now I cant find the bearings needed online. Im thinking of just doing the Doctor Diff route sounds easier and straight forward.
 
Mopar64340 said:
Awesome, Thank you I wasn't aware that Doctor Diff made these kits. A guy responded here with the spindles but now I cant find the bearings needed online. Im thinking of just doing the Doctor Diff route sounds easier and straight forward.
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I would agree with using the ‘73+ spindles. The ‘70-72 B/E body spindles are basically identical except for the different wheel bearings, but that wheel bearing makes them a 3 year only part.

The 73+ spindles have brakes and wheel bearings that were used on Mopars all the way up into the late eighties, and are widely reproduced. The DoctorDiff parts are all OE reproductions, so, you can get rotors, calipers, bearings etc. at the local parts store if you need to.
 
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