switching sides
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switching sides
Hello folks, Well I have collected the goodies for converting my 1953 f-250 to disc brakes. Oilyowl said he had to reposition the shocks on his truck to do this conversion. I will also if I must. However I have been thinking that if I switch the left side to the right and right side to the left the calipers will then be on the trailing edge of the rotor rather than the leading edge as per orginal. ( I must have bumped the wrong key because its slanting the letters and I don't how to fix it) I am assumeing this would solve the shock problem if this can be done. Does anyone know of any other problems that might interfear with the proper operation of braking and steering or anything. I'm takling the complete brake setup and switching sides. Front nondrive axle only.I hope I have explained myself well enough for all to understand.
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Sorry bud, from the sounds of your topic, I thought we were all gonna help out with an intervention.....but it sounds like your still batting for the same team....LOL
Good luck with the break conversion.
Good luck with the break conversion.
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I believe the calipers should work fine on the trailing side. Mine are the same way. The only problem I had was that my caliper bracket interfered with the grease fitting on the inside of the spindle. What kit do you have.
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This came up as a question about 6 months ago. I think the problem with switching is that the steering arm can't mate up to the right hand spindle when moved to the left side. Try a search.
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The steering arm bolts to the bosses on the spindle back, and both sides are the same (at least according to the books). As to the question about rear mounted calipers, as long as you can make everything else work, that will be fine. Almost 99% of all disc brake vehicles have rear mounted calipers. It is actually better (why I don't know exactly, but it has something to do with forward rotation) to have them on the rear.
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I just checked the ford book to verify, and yes, the left and right spindle assemblies on the 53-56 Ford trucks are the same. If you would of gone to Ford back them and asked for a spindle, you would of ordered the same one for left or right. This is not true for the 52 and earlier, as they are indeed different. So, if you need to swap anything from left to right, you can do so with out troubles (at least according to the Ford part numbers).
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Hello 56efffie, No kit available for 3/4 ton and larger trucks. Disc brakes off 1975 - 79 f-250 and f-350 can be modified to work on mid fifties and other year fords. Fellow member ''oilyowl'' did this conversion on his 3/4 ton 52 but he had to reposition the shocks behind the axle. I am hoping I can do this conversion and not have to reposition my shocks. This is why I want to switch sides with the brakes. But i guess it will interfere with the steering arm.
Thanks for your reply
paul
Thanks for your reply
paul
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You should reread my posts. The steering will be fine. Both spindles have provisions for the steering arm to be mounted. It is the large hole on the bottom of the spindle. The right side should look the same as the left side. Also, his conversion is on the 52. you '53 should have the shocks on the front of the axle, not the rear, and they shouldn't interfere with rear mounted calipers.
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Hold on guys, no spindles are being switched. The brake parts off a 1979 f-250 are to be mounted on a 1953 f-250. The 1979 left brake will be mounted on the right side of the 1953 f-250 and 1979 right brake on the left side of the 1953 f-250. 1979 calipers when mounted on a 1979 ride on the front of rotor. If they are swiched when mounted on 1953 f-250 the calipers will be riding on the back side of the axle or rotor.
The fact that the calipers are mounted forward when on the 1979 may be because they would interfere with steering. Thanks to all of you for your responce. Hope to hear from others about this.
The fact that the calipers are mounted forward when on the 1979 may be because they would interfere with steering. Thanks to all of you for your responce. Hope to hear from others about this.
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interesting . i had posted a couple of times before on this subject and no one had a clue . i look forward to the pics to see if this actually works as my biggest holdup with my disc conversion on my 53 is that i cant find a "kit" that retains my stock 5 on 5 1/2 stud pattern . im gonna assume that the spindle diameter where the bearings are are the same for your swap of these onto the stock spindles and i'm hoping that it's true also for my 53 . well let us see what happens , the real p-sser is that i just scrapped an entire frame with these discs on it !!
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GENTLEMEN, If you will go to the ''MEMBER LIST'' click on the letter ''O'' and look for''OILYOWL'' and go to his page you will see pictures of this brake conversion. I sent him an email asking about switching sides but have not heard from him. He is probably busy with this being the holliday season. ''51DUELLER'' put me on to him. ''OILYOWL'' and I have emailed but did not talk about switching sides. My last email to him is about this.