disk brake conversion: caliper mounting

Ive seen Steve Lane's write up on the front disk conversion for the D27 w/ drums. Does anyone have a picture of the caliper mounting brackets that uses? He doesn't seem to have a good picture of them out of the vehicle.

Thanks,
Josh

 

I was looking at complete offroad.com. Are these rusty mounts in the back of the picture all that is needed for mounting? http://completeoffroad.com/wsm/i-1309_cj_jeep_disc_brake_kit_dana_25_27_30.html

Josh

 

I wasnt too worried about the rust. Just looking for a real good close up pic to see if the ones I have are correct. Also to see if there are any other parts, small or otherwise that are needed with these for installation.

Josh

 

Here's a couple of pics of the mounts installed one front and one rear. I got mne from Dundee Auto parts in Ohio. I believe they ship. I got 4 for $50.00. I removed the dust shields.
http://www.dundeeauto.com/

 

Here are some close up pics of the ones I have. I noticed that the ones in the pic supplied by complete off road there are notches and holes on the outer edge that mine do not have. Does anyone know what these are for? Important or not? I cant seem to attach the pics, too big or something.

Josh

 

Mine were slightly different in that the whole thing was a solid cast unit; no dust shield to remove. I used a wire wheel mounted to my Makita angle grinder. Cleaned up good. The only variation from the write up that I had to do was shim the rotor out from the bracket about a fat 1/8" with a thicker Timken bearing race.

 

JayHawk,
That looks like a pic of a carb mounting gasket. Dang, I wish I could figure out how to attach these pics!

Josh

 

w3srl,
No, I thought your write up was awesome. Its just that I couldnt see paying $50 for 2 used brackets, do I went to the bone yard and got some caliper mounts for a 76 Chevy pickup 4x4. I have pictures I'm trying to attach with little success. They are identical to the ones in the picture completeoffroad has in their picture, except on the outer edge there is no extra notch and hole (about 90 deg from the caliper mount area) I need to know if this is important.

Josh

 

If you're looking in my photobucket, then yes, that is a throttle plate gasket for a 2G. That's just my sig line. Prolly have to search through my album for a shot of the bracket.

Thicker inner race is Timken part number LM501311.

Great write up, by the way.

If you have a pick and pull in your hometown, I highly recommend just going and grabbing the brackets, calipers, hoses, and banjo bolts off of a pre '87 Chevy 4x4 1/2 ton as described. I don't have a pick and pull here in Lawrence, so I paid $40 for a pair of brackets and bought most of the rest of the parts at NAPA. Quadratec had the best price I could find on rotors, but I read someone here recently say they found a pair for ~$30, IIRC.

EDIT - Here, check this pic out. Notice all the way around the rotor how thick the bracket is? It is about a 3/16" or 1/4" cast bracket/dust bracket all the way around. No stitch welding, just one solid unit.

 

yeah sometimes I come across the situation where its easier and cheaper to just mail order. Thanks for the info. Yeah, my brackets are the large round one piece type, with a smooth round outside edge except for the cutout for the caliper and 6 mounting bolt holes in the middle.
Oh by the way I priced out the parts on a website called rockauto. The parts to do the job minus the caliper brackets, rattle clips, mounting pins and minus the new master cylinder in the article(almost everything at wheel) +shipping came to $204 where I live. Shipping may be different elsewhere. Not bad though considering no core charges subtracted.
The only other problem I ran into was using the federated part # 103552 and the listing for 77-78 Cj for rotors. Both of these were listed as the 7/8 inch rotor for some reason?. Is there another # I can use to get the 1 1/8 inch rotors?

 

1 1/8" rotor 4Wheel drive hardware PN 5356183R 1976 - '78

I bought mine in May and they were $55 ea.

http://www.4wd.com/

 

Think I paid the same at Quadratec, IIRC. That was in comparison to a range of between $78 and $95 each at my FLAPS.

 

Wow, $500 bucks for an axle and they don't even clean up the used Chevy backing plates.

I don't think I have half that in mine for both axles.

 

You can also have them look them up for '75-'80 Scout 2's. Same exact bearing hub and rotor as the Jeep 1 1/8" rotor and hub. Nickmil

 

I got mine from Tellico. They were $43.00 each. I had the same trouble with Federated. They finally found the right PN for the 1 1/8 but the price was about $90.00 each.
http://www.tellico4x4.com/index.php/cPath/1714_315

 

Ok, I have been out on the web trying to find the cheapest price for 1 1/8 disc's for the conversion. Anyone know of the cheapest price to be found, I'm in Houston Texas. Any one in Texas found a good cheap source for them?