[Spridgets] Front End Pad to disc brakes conversion question!!!!

Frank spritenut at comcast.net
Sat Jul 4 16:17:54 MDT 2009


Martin wrote:
> All,
>
> Have a technical question, I am changing out the Pad Brakes to Disc Brakes
> on the front end on my 59' BE. I got it all just about together, but it
> seems that the Tie Rod ends now bind against the disc dust cover - 
The dust covers may be bent, I remove them as they do not do much good 
anyway.
Did you replace the king pins when you went to discs? They are 
different, drum brakes use a much thinner king pin and the swivel axles 
on a disc car have a thicker lower part of the king pin.
Drum king pins on disc brake swivel axles make for a very sloppy and 
unsafe set up. It could be the front end is too loose now and the dust 
shields are hitting the tie rod ends.
Or did you put the upper trunnions on backwards?
You can tell just by looking at the wheel, it's tilted way off.
We all have done that, some of us do it every time ;)


-- 
Frank Clarici
Toms River, NJ
My own Fleet of Sprites


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