d70 disc brakes

[obijuan]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Dana...r_Truck_Parts_Accessories?hash=item3a566cb77d


interesting item listed here. what do yall think? 60 caliper brackets and calipers would be some bitchin brakes.

 

[nvrenuf]

You may have already noticed but those hubs are 10 lug, just an fyi.

If you can source brackets, rotors and calipers it's easily do-able if you make (or buy Kerts) weld on flanges.

MEK5 did it on a 14 bolt 1st and I've got them on my 70HD. I haven't driven mine yet but I expect the brakes to be pretty good.

 

[obijuan]

nope! missed the whole ten lug thing lol


do you have better pics of the way you put the 60 caliper brackets on the backing plate flange?

 

[nvrenuf]

Mine is kind of a "special" case, my axle has been narrowed to match a van width 14 bolt (between the flange and hub seal surface). I left the original flange and welded to it a new round flange made from 1/2" plate with the caliper bracket bolt pattern. The thickness of the new flange and the bracket spaced things out perfectly to fit the caliper on the (D60) rotor.

Here's a few pics -

 

[nvrenuf]

This pic is a good example of welding on one of Kerts flanges in a new spot so the parts line up. This is what you'd need to do on a 70HD otherwise the spacer between the flange and caliper bracket would be about 2.5" thick.


(stolen from the 14 bolt hub on a 70 thread thread)

 

[sweetk30]

that ebay link is chevy/gmc 3500hd truck rear parts.

i always wanted to do front and rear 1ton brakes. let us know how well it works.