I got all my essential brake parts to convert my 1960 F100 from the original front drum brakes to a power boosted disc brake set up. Also replacing king pins, tie rod ends and all my shackles and pins on the original front leaf spring set up.

I got all my parts set up to go, read some articles and basically said to myself, "Ain't nobody got time for that." and I think about all the deer that run by this time of year, and felt..."Better leave it to the professionals"

There is a very decent shop nearby with favorable labor rates that has always been good to us who actually does full car restorations aside from its general maintenance and repair and tire business. Currently they are restoring two drive trains on some 1960's cars.

Of course I got the "time and materials" response which I expected but have not been able to get even a rough estimate. My hot rod friends say maybe 6-7 hours plus all that brake line time.

Any thought to this?

 

6-7 sounds about right to me. I would prepare for 10-12 if I were you.

 

6-7 hrs. maybe if your friend is doing it. Many shops these days don't do very many king pins, some don't have the reamers to install the bushings for the spindles. Make sure you ask them about that. Just the large truck shops around here have that stuff. I would not be surprised if they charge the better part of two days.

 

Kin pins are a crap shoot. Sometime they come out easy, sometime not. I also suspect they will have to send the spindles out to be reamed, unless they do a lot of old ford trucks. I would plan on 8-16 hours.

 

Thanks for the replies. These guys build some "odd ball" stuff and do all the classic cars around here. The king pins are definitely the quirkiest part which is why the truck is not tore apart in my garage.

 

Well, if that's all then, just go for it! Pull the whole axel out where you can get to things and then just heat and beat! Some determination required. You will still need to find someone that can fit the spindle pins though. Your best bet would be a big truck shop, like where they work on dump trucks and tractor trailors etc...

 

8 hours... Ended up being total.

Pic of booster

I am happy I did not take this on myself.

 

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