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I don't recommend mounting pre 1980 slider calipers toward the rear due to hose routing.
Hmm.... well I'll try to swap the spindles so the calipers are forward, but from what I've read on the conversion I'm not too hopeful that I won't run into any interference issues with the sway bar. On the other hand I also seem to recall that not everyone ran into this problem- hopefully I'll fall in that category.
Failing that, my only other recourse would be to replace the front wheel hardlines with longer ones that will run forward of the wheel, and weld in new brackets for the hoses.
Edit - question: do I HAVE to run pre-80s slider calipers on a pre-80s steering knuckle? What if I get slider calipers from a '80 and up Diplomat? Will they fit on the knuckles? I assume that the issue is with where the hose connection is on the caliper, and that the location changed in 1980?
Last edited by David_Trimble; 12/14/13 06:34 PM.
