rotor questions.
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rotor questions.
Has anyone used rotors off a LTD or big car on the front ends. I was doing some research that Ford used the same spindles for the cars and the trucks. I would like to put a smaller bolt pattern on my truck for a better wheel selection.
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Browsed 'Hollander Interchange' manual under hubs, spindals, and calipers and did not find any cross refereces between Ford trucks and Passenger vehicles. Although, the more I work on these vintage trucks I find there is usually the exception. Perhaps a more knowledgeable member has additional info. Some years back, came across set of American Racing 'torq trust' which are hard to come by with 5 on 5 1/2 pattern. Originally they were for another project but after settin few years found a machine shop willing to turned them slightly to fit the larger front disc hub. Subscribe to truckin magazine and seen some nice wheels. Seems over past couple years manufacturere coming up with more choices.
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Originally Posted by Shorty 66
Has anyone used rotors off a LTD or big car on the front ends. I was doing some research that Ford used the same spindles for the cars and the trucks. I would like to put a smaller bolt pattern on my truck for a better wheel selection.
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FoMoCo did not use the same spindles on cars & trucks when cars had Ball Joints & trucks had I beams or twin I beams with king pins. Nothing about either spindle is even similar, including durability differences of each. . . . .
I'm gonna throw in my $.02 here. . . . some publications will print anything anybody submits whether it's true or not. . . . I quit subscribing to a National Hot Rodding Magazine a while back when a "leading contribuitor" spent a paragraph explaining how a fellow rodder retrofitted a 9" FoMoCo rear axle under his 57 Fairlane 300 sedan with a paxton Supercharger. . . . problem is; ALL 1957 FoMoCo Passenger cars came from the FoMoCo factory with a 9" FoMoCo rear. 1957 was the 1st year for that OEM Assembly. . . .
Sometimes people make mistakes. Trux/cars sharing same spindles, 60s thru 80s is a major one, IMHO.
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I'm gonna throw in my $.02 here. . . . some publications will print anything anybody submits whether it's true or not. . . . I quit subscribing to a National Hot Rodding Magazine a while back when a "leading contribuitor" spent a paragraph explaining how a fellow rodder retrofitted a 9" FoMoCo rear axle under his 57 Fairlane 300 sedan with a paxton Supercharger. . . . problem is; ALL 1957 FoMoCo Passenger cars came from the FoMoCo factory with a 9" FoMoCo rear. 1957 was the 1st year for that OEM Assembly. . . .
Sometimes people make mistakes. Trux/cars sharing same spindles, 60s thru 80s is a major one, IMHO.
FBp
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I was checking at my local Napa store on their computer and the Ford big cars and trucks take the same inner and outer wheel bearings. What I meant by the smae spindles were the spindle stud. Just the part that the rotor fits onto. That is a pressed on part. I know that the cars take ball joints and trucks use king pin.The only difference between the car rotor and the truck is the diameter of the rotor. I think the car is a 10" and the truck is 11".
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Shorty 66,
The Part of a Ford spindle with the taper bearings seat on, is not a pressed on part on Fords. The entire spindle is a monolithic, or contiguously forged, 1 piece part & not an assembly of combined parts.
Truck rotors range from 11" X 1" to 14" X 1.25" on the camper special, heavy F-250 & F-350s. But the other differences such as distance between wheel bearing centers & actual rotor centerline [or centerline setback] in relation to the pivot or rotational center of the spindles are what make the rotors un- interchangable between auto & truck in the FoMoCo vehicle lines.
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The Part of a Ford spindle with the taper bearings seat on, is not a pressed on part on Fords. The entire spindle is a monolithic, or contiguously forged, 1 piece part & not an assembly of combined parts.
Truck rotors range from 11" X 1" to 14" X 1.25" on the camper special, heavy F-250 & F-350s. But the other differences such as distance between wheel bearing centers & actual rotor centerline [or centerline setback] in relation to the pivot or rotational center of the spindles are what make the rotors un- interchangable between auto & truck in the FoMoCo vehicle lines.
FBp
