I have a 10 bolt rear and will be installing a 12 bolt real soon. Is it worth the disc conversion? I have never really had a problem with my drums? What am I looking at cos wise?
CK5
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going to a 12 bolt rear, are discs worth it?
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3rdshiftdesign
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probably a lot. wait til you break it and invest in a 14bff w/discs.
monster man
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my '73 with 12 bolt drums stops much worse than the '78 14 b ff with drums- so drums aren't necessarily the culprit. Personally, I wouldn't spend the money ona 12 bolt disc conversion, because if your tires are big enough to need discs than you should be running a 14 b anyway. That's my opinion
pauly383
Daddy383
Thats on one of my future to do lists , just to hold the axles in as mentioned before . My drums work fine for now .
As for my 12 bolt drums , which were earlier and skinnier , I don't run them , I gave them away for beer .
I simply ( with friends help ) undid the backing plates off my original 10 bolt , undid the clips holding the hardlines to axle , and lifted them up whole , dropped axle down , put 12 bolt in , attached 10 bolt brakes without opening a line
As for my 12 bolt drums , which were earlier and skinnier , I don't run them , I gave them away for beer .
I simply ( with friends help ) undid the backing plates off my original 10 bolt , undid the clips holding the hardlines to axle , and lifted them up whole , dropped axle down , put 12 bolt in , attached 10 bolt brakes without opening a line
That's why I would like to do it, too.pauly383k10 said:
My biggest concern is the parking brake. If I do the disc brake swap, I want to make sure I still have the parking brake and I haven't heard too many success stories getting that to work.
