Ford Disc brakes and chevy 1 ton tie rods

[hankjr]

howdy. so ive come across a set of f 150 knuckles out disc set up. they have been reamed for chevy 1 ton ties. Any idea if ties of this size interfere with 15x8 baja slots and no wheel spacers? If i remember reading correctly, the f150 knuckles have greater clearance for the u joints and generally stonger than the chevy disc conversion. Im assuming a cusotm length tie rod and drag link woudl need tpo be fabbed and the Ford pitman arm reamed to also adapt to the 1 ton size.The price isnt too bad on the set up, yet i dont want to really jump into another project based sub project if its not really worth the outcome.

Any ideas?

thanks

Hank

 

[Doyle]

I'm running the all Ford disk conversion on my 73. 78 F150 knuckles, caliper brackets, hubs and rotors. I decided to go with the T-bird calipers. My one ton setup is tie rod over and everything clears fine. My rims are 10" wide with 3 5/8" backspacing. Your backspacing may be the biggest factor whither it works or not, and yes the pitman arm has to be reamed.

 

[t120r]

The only problem I had with the 1-ton conversion was a bit of rubbing on the track bar bolt.