DIY Rear Disk Brakes ($200)

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01-30-2010, 01:24 AM

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67t5ponycoupe

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I'm not sure what the advantage is other than the brakes are a bit bigger. You lose your emegency brake with this set up right?

01-30-2010, 03:29 AM

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1965screamer

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Deviousfred

Also that set-up is for a New Style big bearing rear end and my rear end is the old style big bearing pattern.

Whats the difference?

01-30-2010, 09:16 AM

#23

Deviousfred

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Yes you lose your e-brake with this set-up which is not a big deal to me. The calipers I'm using will outperform Versallies calipers by a huge deal. If e-brakes are an absolute must you can do a similar set-up using metric calipers with e-brake for about $40 more.

I believe the old and new style bearing ends have different spacing between bolts.

02-05-2010, 11:41 AM

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Smokeybear31

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Ok so if I were to go with this set up on the rear and the matching conversion on the front, which master cylinder would I use, the one for the maverick is either drum/drum or disk/drum and would put a drag on the rear, correct?