Brake swap
08-05-2009, 09:03 PM
#11
08-06-2009, 07:33 AM
#12
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WTF are you talking about? You are going to confuse this poor guy, please, just stop typing. 
08-06-2009, 04:04 PM
#13
Screw it, Im trying to save a guy a headache. The brackets are a solid plate bolted to the axle with a hole for the axle shaft to go through. He'll know he'll have to pull the axle shafts to remove the factory cobra brackets when he sees it, or realize the GT ones wont line up right and figures it out for himself. Been there on numerous vehicles, numerous times replacing this or that. Its a basic design used across the board to mount calipers. Have fun and good luck with the swap, listen to me or dont, I dont really care, its you putting time into it not me.
08-07-2009, 07:15 AM
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If you go with the 11.65 inch rotors you will need the cobra brackets that relocate the calipers. I am in the process of doing this swap and the brackets do not come off without removing the axles (which I found out the hard way half way through the job). If he keeps the stock rotors (9.5 inch i believe) then he can use the gt brackets. It is a huge pain in the *** and had I know I probally would have just stuck with the gt brakes in the rear and done the cobra's up front.
Last edited by xterm11; 08-07-2009 at 07:16 AM. Reason: spelling
08-07-2009, 07:59 AM
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Because you got to remove the bracket to put this kit on to allow for the bigger Cobra rotors. http://www.buyfordracing.com/shop/pr..._id=477cPath=6
My buddy went though this, you gotta pull the axles to get the bracket relocated to allow for the larger Cobra rotor.
If he just put the Cobra caliper on the GT rotor, then yes he could use the stock GT bracket, if he goes with the larger Cobra rotor then he needs to do the bracket relocation kit and that does mean pulling the axles to do it.
Lynn
My buddy went though this, you gotta pull the axles to get the bracket relocated to allow for the larger Cobra rotor.
If he just put the Cobra caliper on the GT rotor, then yes he could use the stock GT bracket, if he goes with the larger Cobra rotor then he needs to do the bracket relocation kit and that does mean pulling the axles to do it.
Lynn
08-07-2009, 08:02 AM
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Lynn
08-07-2009, 08:24 AM
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Just trying to let the OP know what he is in store for to do the entire swap.