brake swap
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From: anchorage,ak
brake swap
wanting to know what it would take to put 2wd 82' f-150 front disc brakes and master cylinder(vauum assited) on my 2wd 69' f-100 which currently has drums. Or what kind of discs I could put on instead.
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Originally Posted by sixnineford
wanting to know what it would take to put 2wd 82' f-150 front disc brakes and master cylinder(vauum assited) on my 2wd 69' f-100 which currently has drums. Or what kind of discs I could put on instead.
I think you should look for (73-79 ) front brakes! As I have not saw any think
about (80-86) Brake insall.
P.S. Wellcome to (FTE)
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I installed disk brakes from a 1979 in to my 1971 with out too much trouble first problem was pounding out the 1979 king pins had to heat the axle till it was cherry red then doing this i mess up the threads of the grease cap on the knuckle so if you get a junk yard complete axel find a machine shop to press them(the king pings ) out and i would start with a new set of king pins . next the brake hoses are mounted on different spots on the frame so i bought a pair of new 79 disk brake hoses they are longer than the drum brake hoses on your truck so when you get the junk yard axle take the hoses to match them up and see but i would buy new ones dont skimp $$$ on the brake parts the only other thing i found was now one rear wheel locks up I was told I need to get the preportioning valve from the 1979 truck also which i have not done this yet ??
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there is a tech article in that section under brakes that is good but it lookes like it is for a 65 but it tells you what to look out for kind of problems also forgot to tell you the wheel alinegment will be off so check it out before you go for a test drive you can do a quick alinement with a tape measure on the front and back of the front tires to get it close then take to a shop and get it done right
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I have a 71' 250 C/C. Did the 4 disc swap and all it took on the front was taking off the 4 bolts of both the (existing) front drum spindles and the (salvaged) front disc spindles. Installed the disc spindles on to the front, reinstalled the 4 bolts. Rehooked up the lines and I was done. Only about 2 hrs total on the front.
I hope all this isn't wasted and that the 100 is somewhat the same.
Good luck, Robert P.
I hope all this isn't wasted and that the 100 is somewhat the same.
Good luck, Robert P.
