rear disc brakes???
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From: Gallipolis, Ohio
rear disc brakes???
I heard,,,,that disc brakes off of a Mustang, can be fitted to a Ford F-150 4X4 9inch rear end ,, Is there any fact to this, or do any of you know something that will fit.
My truck stops prett good with alot of pedal travel, and locks them up with a quick pump. Everything is new at the wheels, no leaks, but I want better stopping power after walking through the water and mud.
The drive home is a KILLER!! with wet brakes!
My truck stops prett good with alot of pedal travel, and locks them up with a quick pump. Everything is new at the wheels, no leaks, but I want better stopping power after walking through the water and mud.
The drive home is a KILLER!! with wet brakes!
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I converted and old bronco 9" to disks - for my old exploder. You can get 80's 4wd bronco front disks or 80's 4wd jeep comanche/CJ5 front rotors and use those. The 4wd ones slide over the studs, rather than having the studs pressed in like a 2wd rotor. I used the comanche rotors because the bronco disks are thicker and I had a hard time finding a caliper that would fit over them.
I used the rotors off a 1984 Jeep CJ-5 4wd.
I then used bolt on chevy front calipers off an 89 Chevy Caprice, and a weld on bracket I got from stockcarproducts.com
Only thing is I sold the exploder before I got the rear built - so I never ran the rear - I just sold it later. Seemed like it was going to work fine though.
Many people have done this and it's not too hard. There might even be a bolt on kit somewhere.
Not sure about the mustang parts deal - as they a 5x4.5 bolt pattern, rather than the 5x5.5 bolt pattern that the broncos and f-150's have. Many people do exploder rear disks, but they have the same lug pattern problem.
I used the rotors off a 1984 Jeep CJ-5 4wd.
I then used bolt on chevy front calipers off an 89 Chevy Caprice, and a weld on bracket I got from stockcarproducts.com
Only thing is I sold the exploder before I got the rear built - so I never ran the rear - I just sold it later. Seemed like it was going to work fine though.
Many people have done this and it's not too hard. There might even be a bolt on kit somewhere.
Not sure about the mustang parts deal - as they a 5x4.5 bolt pattern, rather than the 5x5.5 bolt pattern that the broncos and f-150's have. Many people do exploder rear disks, but they have the same lug pattern problem.
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No but a Lincoln Versailles can be swapped on.
It costs $1000.00 for aftermarket thru www.stainlesssteelbrakes.com
It costs $1000.00 for aftermarket thru www.stainlesssteelbrakes.com
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Lincoln versilles is too narrow for an F-150, it's 28 spline rather than 31 like the f-150/bronco and it's also 5x4.5 lug pattern. The Mark8 rear is closer as it is the right width and 31 spline, but it is 5x5 lug pattern...
Plus - have you ever looked at the prices for new calipers or rotors on thoe things? IF you can find a versilles rear end in a junk yard it'll cost a couple hundred to get the brakes in working order most likely (rebuilt calipers and turned rotors). Your better off putting on the cheby parts...
My swap cost only a couple hundred in parts - for NEW stuff - and I had no cores to turn in...
Plus - have you ever looked at the prices for new calipers or rotors on thoe things? IF you can find a versilles rear end in a junk yard it'll cost a couple hundred to get the brakes in working order most likely (rebuilt calipers and turned rotors). Your better off putting on the cheby parts...
My swap cost only a couple hundred in parts - for NEW stuff - and I had no cores to turn in...
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Originally Posted by ChaseTruck754
Lincoln versilles is too narrow for an F-150, it's 28 spline rather than 31 like the f-150/bronco and it's also 5x4.5 lug pattern. The Mark8 rear is closer as it is the right width and 31 spline, but it is 5x5 lug pattern...
Plus - have you ever looked at the prices for new calipers or rotors on thoe things? IF you can find a versilles rear end in a junk yard it'll cost a couple hundred to get the brakes in working order most likely (rebuilt calipers and turned rotors). Your better off putting on the cheby parts...
My swap cost only a couple hundred in parts - for NEW stuff - and I had no cores to turn in...
Plus - have you ever looked at the prices for new calipers or rotors on thoe things? IF you can find a versilles rear end in a junk yard it'll cost a couple hundred to get the brakes in working order most likely (rebuilt calipers and turned rotors). Your better off putting on the cheby parts...
My swap cost only a couple hundred in parts - for NEW stuff - and I had no cores to turn in...
15-20 years ago they were worth buying, but anymore if would be better and cheaper to adapt something newer or aftermarket.
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1980/82 F100's have a 4.50 bolt circle. This is the only Ford half ton truck to ever have used this bolt circle. Everything else from 1940 thru 1996 has a 5.5 bolt circle. Ford offered the 1980/82 F100's as a "Light Truck." Not only are wheels different, but the front and rear brakes are smaller, and the springs and suspension are too. The frame is known as the "Swiss Cheese Frame"...because it features round holes everywhere.
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yeah - that is the rear end that all the guys with ford rangers look for - because it retains their small lug pattern. That and the versille - if they want the stock (narrow) width
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