Calipers contacting Sway bar

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Golden Scamp

Golden Scamp

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I'm piecing together my front suspension for a total swap out of the 68 6K, 9" drum setup. I have a 70 V8 K and the pre-73 LCA's with the sway bar mounts low. I am adding front discs from a 73 A body with the slider calipers. Pretty sure they are 11.75 rotors. 15" rims to fit also. My question is I see some discussion about calipers hitting sway bars and incompatibility problems doing this swap with the sway bar. Some put the rotor on the back and modify their brake lines. I need to know if with the equipment I have now, am I going to run into problems with the calipers and sway hitting and what can I do short of modifying the factory engineering to avoid this. Do I have to switch to a 73-up K with the sway through it? LCA's also? Thanks
 
If the calipers are on the front move the calipers to the back you'll have to switch the spindles from side to side also I used b body rubber hoses and they worked fine you can keep your K doing it this way
 
What you have will work just fine. Put the right spindle on the left side and visa-versa and your calipers will be located on the rear. The common brake hose used for this is off a Volare of any year.

To go to the later sway it also required the later control arms or the tabs to be added since they set further in.
 
Volare brake hoses. OK. Yeah, I thought later K's had the sway go through them and was afraid I had gotten all of the wrong parts for this. Seems straightforward enough. I imagine I can get these hoses at Rock Auto. I'll look. Thanks for the tips.
 
I encountered the same problem when i bought my 69 Dart many years ago. The PO had the calipers in the front. I switched the spindles from side to side which allowed me to rear mount the calipers. Problem solved.
 
Golden Scamp said:
Not for sale @ Rock Auto. Do these need to be scrap yarded?
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O'reilly @ $16 local...just got mine 2 weeks ago for my disc brake swap on my 72 duster

http://www.oreillyauto.com/site/c/s...del=Volare&vi=1243538&year=1979&make=Plymouth

http://www.oreillyauto.com/site/c/d...=Search_03349_1243538_2817&pt=03349&ppt=C0066
http://www.oreillyauto.com/site/c/d...=Search_03349_1243538_2817&pt=03349&ppt=C0066
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just pop the bracket off with some vise grips/vice/pipe wrench what have ya!

Keep in mind there is a right and left version.
 
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