I have a T bird with rear drum brakes - I would like to upgrade it to rear disc brakes... I see two paths to reaching this goal :
1. purchase rear spindles drilled for mounting calipers
2. drill / machine my spindles to accept the Tbird calipers.
the first option is the most direct, and likely least expensive for a one-time deal, but since I see nothing but drum brake spindles in the wrecking yards, I'm inclined to invest in the tooling to make a few sets of these at a time.
What are your views of the marketability of machining rear spindles to accept rear disc brakes?
Other than machining the spindles, are there any other issues I need to be aware of to accommodate calipers / rotors for rear brakes?
any comments / suggestions are welcome.
dave
Cocoa Beach FL
http://www.team321.com
http://www.truckIRS.com
1. purchase rear spindles drilled for mounting calipers
2. drill / machine my spindles to accept the Tbird calipers.
the first option is the most direct, and likely least expensive for a one-time deal, but since I see nothing but drum brake spindles in the wrecking yards, I'm inclined to invest in the tooling to make a few sets of these at a time.
What are your views of the marketability of machining rear spindles to accept rear disc brakes?
Other than machining the spindles, are there any other issues I need to be aware of to accommodate calipers / rotors for rear brakes?
any comments / suggestions are welcome.
dave
Cocoa Beach FL
http://www.team321.com
http://www.truckIRS.com