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rear disks

Discussion in 'Early CJ5 and CJ6 Tech' started by gte636p, Apr 16, 2005.

  1. Apr 16, 2005
    gte636p

    gte636p Member

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    alright, so i took a break from reading to look at my little parts stash that needs to be thinned out and noticed a set of calipers and pads... all that's left is a backing plate, a residual pressure valve, a proportioning valve, and some mc work right?? i'm most likely not going to get round to the actual work anytime soon, but what would i need? the calipers fit the thicker cj rotors, so would i just need a jeep backing plate rom a d-30 or the like?
     
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  2. Apr 16, 2005
    Posimoto

    Posimoto Hopeless JEEP Addict

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    One of my wheelin buddies did his with Ford disc parts for the rear. Ford used D44's in many of their 1/2 T 4x4 trucks. Warn makes a disc brake caliper bracket for their full floater but they're $100 I don't know why a Chevy caliper and bracket set wouldn't work. Same as a front conversion. That would use the 1 1/8" Jeep rotors. But, I could be wrong.
     
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  3. Apr 17, 2005
    gte636p

    gte636p Member

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    alrighty then... so i guess i'll start half-heartedly looking for the dana 30 caliper mounts then. thanks for the help
     
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  4. Apr 17, 2005
    mb82

    mb82 I feel great!

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    check your local ford dealer, preferably one that has been around for a long time. some of them behind the parts counter have a book of jeep to ford/ford to jeep part numbers. one of my dads old coworkers has the book but i cant find his number right now.

    it is at least worth a call or two.
     
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  5. Apr 17, 2005
    Posimoto

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    If you are going to use the thick rotors I believe you need to use the 6 bolt caliper bracket. I got mine from a wrecking yard for $50. They came off a '85 Chevy 1/2T 4x4 You might want to do a search here to see if someone else has already done the rear swap.
     
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  6. Apr 17, 2005
    OrangeCJ5

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    If you don't want to hunt around at the junkyard or dealerships, this place has a kit that includes everything you need. http://www.tsmmfg.com/ The price isn't all that bad either, They also have stuff to put in disc brake behind your t-case...
     
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  7. Apr 18, 2005
    Jerry M

    Jerry M Jerry M

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    I put disk on the back of my 74 cj used scout rotor GM caliper and backing plates dana 30 hubs and I had axles made.

    Jerry
     
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  8. Apr 18, 2005
    gte636p

    gte636p Member

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    yup, thing is i've a;ready got the hardware for the dana 30 setup minus the caliper mounts, so kits are wayy to expesive for what's left to buy, and the gm swap is great (found all the parts cheap while piling up parts for the dana 30 type swap)...
     
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