Disc Brakes

[gledhillt]

Hi, I Am The Owner Of A 1974 Bronco. I Have Had It For 25 Years And It Was A Daily Driver For Many Of Those Years. Now I Am Wanting Tho Do Some Upgrades.
Does Anyone Have Good Ideals For A Disc Brake Conversion.

Thanks For The Help.

 

[gpete]

disk brake parts

Hi, I Am The Owner Of A 1974 Bronco. I Have Had It For 25 Years And It Was A Daily Driver For Many Of Those Years. Now I Am Wanting Tho Do Some Upgrades.
Does Anyone Have Good Ideals For A Disc Brake Conversion.

Thanks For The Help.

Tjhe best deal is to get some 71 to 75 chevy blazer calipers, backing plates, small bearing spindles and 78-79 ford bronco hub and rotors. There is a member users name boss 351 he uses the ford drum spindles with a spacer on his conversion. I just don the chevy conversion using junk yard and new parts they work fine cost me around $300 compared to $700 from a vendor

 

[73AnneBoleyn]

you can gather all the parts yourself from junkyards, or you can make your life a little easier and get the ebay kit from horsepowersales. if you do a search on this forum for "horsepowersales" or "ebay disc brakes" you'll find a lot of information about the kit. it's a good way to go. i just did it and it took an afternoon.

 

[lonesouth]

another vote for horsepower ebay kit.

 

[70HalfCab]

Been thinking about buying the kit from horespowersales. Quick question for those that know. Later on down the road if I need new pads or rotors what do I ask (make model) for at the local parts store?

 

[duganfife]

any reason it is better than toms?

I just checked the price and they are the same any reason one is better? or personal pref?

 

[gledhillt]

Thanks Everone

 

[73AnneBoleyn]

I just checked the price and they are the same any reason one is better? or personal pref?

personal preference. when you keep hearing good things about a particular product, it becomes clear that that's the one to go with. although i'm sure tom's has a quality product, too.

 

[73AnneBoleyn]

pads: 1974 Chevy Blazer, 4WD, 350 CID, 4BBL(`72-76 will work)

hubs/rotors: 1985 Bronco Fullsize (`76 - `85 will work)

 

[sprdv1]

Keep your eyes open on here & be patient... You'll find someone selling the parts for the conversion..