Thread: How do you determine who's disc brake conversion you have?

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".........Or pop the axles, run'em to a machine shop (or see a friend with a lathe) and turn the od down the 1/8 +.005 or 6.... easy peasy......."


That would probably be the solution I'd go with. Rotors are a wear part, and generally speaking axles aren't, meaning the next time you need rotors it's just a trip to the parts store instead of going thru all this again.

Personally I'd go with a lot more clearance between the axle and inside of the rotor, Remember the inside of the rotor is open to the elements and will be subjected to rust and crud build up (check and get an idea of what you currently have for clearance with the current axle and rotor). You don't want to spend half a day fighting the rotors off the car.




Ok this is a little off topic

On a side note Mike did a good job outlining out your options. There is one more however. I built an 83 El Camino several years ago that was always intended for and got used as a daily driver/long distance cruiser (it's made 7 or 8 4000 mile round trip drives back to Illinois). I built a 9" ford rear end for it that resulted in having a 5 on 4 3/4" bolt circle in the front and 5 on 4 1/2" in the rear. Rather than re-drilling rotors or rear axles/drums, as it turned out the wheels I wanted to run (Corvette Rallys) were available with dual bolt pattern.

https://www.speedwaymotors.com/Speed...ern,70840.html

Yeah yeah I know on the surface it sounds like a cheap Mickey Mouse solution The reason I went this route was primarily for the long trips. Should it ever happen that I had to change an axle/drum/rotor (depending on what I had redrilled) in a strange town somewhere between AZ and IL I would not have to find a machine shop to "customize" a replacement part.

At the price of the wheels I was a little leery of the quality when I ordered them. The ones I got are made of nice thick steel and I checked for runout on all 5 and there were as good as most stock OE wheels. Also by the time you add beauty rings and caps they ain't that cheap.

OK I'm done rambling on.




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