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Old Apr 2, 2005 | 05:47 PM
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Red face brake calipers question

Hi Fellas, I have a mustang 11 front on my 53 f-1 and am using a gm rotor and calipers package from zig's on stock mustang spindles. I just purchased a set of 2 inch drop spindles for the front setup and the calipers arent fitting???Am I missing something here.The bolts just dont quit match up with the calipers and the spindleAny help here??/ Thanks All
 
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Old Apr 2, 2005 | 07:39 PM
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Did they send you a adaptor?I got one with mine.

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Old Apr 3, 2005 | 01:04 PM
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no I did not get an adaptor??
 
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The last time I used GM rotors with MII spindles, I found that they bolt on to the MII spindles if you use the MII bearings and races. These were 68-72 Chevelle rotors. I used a low buck brake kit from Speedway Motors to attach the calipers and used 74 Impala calipers. I had to do some slight grinding on the caliper brackets to get the Impala calipers to fit, but nothing major.

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