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Re: 8 3/4 rear Disc brake kits
[Re: joes68340s]
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03/29/16 10:26 AM
03/29/16 10:26 AM
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fbernard
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I did manage to setup a Wilwood kit with OEM bearings a few years back, but I had to have someone fabricate a metal piece on a lathe to put inside the diff, between the two axles, so they could butt against each other (tapered bearings equalize the load on both wheel bearings, so you need to be able to tighten the axles together to almost zero lash). The Wilwood aluminum flanges added a lot of distance compared to the drum backing plates, so much the adjuster could not be used alone to correct this. If you're having new axles custom made, you can add the difference to their length.
If I had to do it again though, I'd go with a kit from DrDiff, as : - The Wilwood inner drums for a parking brake are a joke, they do not brake worth a damn, and the aluminum flange can bend *very* easily. - Everything I've ever bought from DrDiff was top notch, *really* bolt-on stuff.
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Re: 8 3/4 rear Disc brake kits
[Re: fbernard]
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03/29/16 12:11 PM
03/29/16 12:11 PM
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jcc
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Not clear to me in your comment, are the Wilwood's an effective "parking brake"?
Reality check, that half the population is smarter then 50% of the people and it's a constantly contested fact.
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Re: 8 3/4 rear Disc brake kits
[Re: fbernard]
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03/29/16 12:47 PM
03/29/16 12:47 PM
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GoodysGotaCuda
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If I had to do it again though, I'd go with a kit from DrDiff, as : - The Wilwood inner drums for a parking brake are a joke, they do not brake worth a damn, and the aluminum flange can bend *very* easily.
Not surprising, internal drum parking brakes are notoriously weak. Even my factory Jeep Wrangler setup never worked well from day one. The small diameter requires a pretty high clamping load to get to the holding power of a "normal" 10-11" diameter drum brake.
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Re: 8 3/4 rear Disc brake kits
[Re: jcc]
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03/30/16 02:27 PM
03/30/16 02:27 PM
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fbernard
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Not clear to me in your comment, are the Wilwood's an effective "parking brake"? I wrote "they do not brake worth a damn". As in "Start the engine, drive off, and if you notice a slight drag after a couple minutes of driving around, you probably forgot to release the parking brake". Wilwood's calipers, rotors and hats are pretty good in my opinion, but the hardware is not.
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