First trip to Junk Yard

I'm going to junk yard tomorrow to help my buddy get some parts for the Hot rod he's building. While I'm there I'll be on the look out for some parts for the jeep I'm getting next week.

You may have seen photos of my 66 CJ5 in the Intro area here. Well, the first jobs I'm thinking about are front disks and power steering. What I need to know is what is the Best case scenario for parts for these jobs?

I know nothing about the breaks parts.
The PS, I think a postal Jeep column and it seems most any Steering box and pump from a 70's full size car will work. What is the Best case for junk yard parts for both these jobs?

Thanks Scott B

 

3 school's of thought on the power steering upgrade:


A) Large (early mid 70's) buick/olds/poncho/caddy/chevy for the box. track down whatever car/truck used the motor for the brackets/pump.


B) find a newer (72-75) with the factory stuff and swap it on yours


C) ford reverse box (see herm's webpage[http://hermtheoverdriveguy.com/)

 

On the brake conversion, are you runnng the D27 front? If so I used 82 GMC full size Blazer 4 x 4 Dana 44 mounting brackets and calipers. If the brake lines are in good condition grap those also. I did but they were split. I bought new ones from the local parts house for around $20 each. The write up in the tech section used 76' I think.

 

i have all this stuff lying around here,what did you do on the wheels? 6 lug on front,5 lug on back? thought about going with a ford rotor if i do it to keep the 5 lug pattern,also did you use the spindles off the GMC?

 

Take a look at the tech section, great write up. You use your original hubs not the D-44 stuff so the lug pattern remains the same. You will need to get longer wheel studs though.

 

The wheel studs I found for mine are Raybestos 7022B. I didn't have much luck finding the ones listed in the Tech Section.


Have fun

Jim

 

looke around in the tech section and a ton of stuff came up,any way to refine my search? looking at one picture it really doesnt look that hard,see if i got it straight remove drum from hub and install rotor to my hub,get rid of backing plate etc and install the GM caliper mount,and of corse the longer studs,if thats all only thing i need is a rotor #

 

Don't know the part #'s but have your parts supplier look up the rotor for a 1975-1980 IH Scout 2. Same rotor as the '77-'78 CJ but the parts books/computers sometimes are wrong when looking up the Jeep application. That's the 1 1/8" thick rotor you need. If using the stock spindle you will need the thicker inner race or space it out so the rotor lines up with the caliper properly. Some applications require the back of the bearing hub to be machined for the rotor or get CJ/Scout2 disk brake bearing hubs. Some applications don't. Depends on if your drums are on the back of the hub or on the outside. If on the back, then you shouldn't need them machined IIRC. Nickmil

 

It is a little more complicated than that. You will need to get shorter plugs for the knuckles, I used some with an allen head. You may or may not need to machine the back of the hubs flat so that the rotors will fit flush, I had to do this to mine. Also will need to grind a little off the knuckle for the caliper to slide past as it wears eventually. You may need to get the bigger inside wheel bearings so that the caliper will line up correctly with the rotor. You may run into a few other obstacles but this has been a great mod for me.