Disc Brake Swap Kit!

[yuke175]

I picked a set up. Exactly as described and good communication. Thanks!

[yitzac1990]

Hello there everyone, I have 4 people's contact info for the next batch of kits. Would like 5 to make it a bit more economical. Anyone else interested?

[TNOffroadPhiDelt]

I'm interested and live within driving range of Huntsville. I'll send a PM now. Thanks!

[yitzac1990]

UPDATE:

I have another full kit ready to go. full set of brackets, rotors, and hardware for a SWB. Take a look at the instructions attached to this message to see what it entails, and if anyone is interested, PM me!

Price is $540 shipped to lower 48 states (shipping cost recently went up )

[yitzac1990]

bump!

[yitzac1990]

bump! still have the last kit ready to go for someone. Take advantage of staying home and get some work done on your Patrol!

[jwgreen]

Posted this in my build thread but thought I might add it here just for easier finding and correlating. Also, Thank you Cory for all the hard work engineering this setup, it looks great and can't wait to test it out on the road!!

After spending the part of the day somewhat installing the Disk Brake Swap Kit from Yitzak1990 (Cory) I have a few observations and questions.

First, When I was putting the nuts back on on the front axle I noticed that the lock washer wasn't seating all the way down. I went to remove the nut but instead the whole stud backed out. I removed the nut reinstalled the stud and found that even with the lock washer the shoulder of the stud was sticking out just a tad, enough so that when you torque the nut down it is on the shoulder and not against the lock washer. My solution was to just double up on the lock washers because if you use a flat washer it sticks out past the side a bit and I didn't like how that looked.EDIT.. After plateaucal publicly shammed me for this I found that a 10mm SAE washer fits perfectly and does not stick out.

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Second is on the back axle Cory mentions that the backing plate does not separate from the bearing cup, I can tell you that it will separate with a little finesse of a rubber mallet after you carefully knock out the mounting studs. This way you don't have to ruin a good backing plate on the off chance you or someone else may need one or want to undo the conversion.

Bearing Cup 1.jpg

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Third is while I was disassembling the rear bearing and axle I noticed that the spare axles that I had did not have the spacer installed on them. I had a new set machined for my axles when I rebuilt them. So my question would be, is the spacer needed? Or could we use a wider bearing to take up the space the spacer would take up and just run a bearing?

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Also just thought I would show you guys my idea for separating the axle shaft and bearing cup on the rear. It's a simple setup but works like a champ!
Just 3/8" bolt, a 3/8" nut, a 3/8" nut with the threads drilled out and a 3/4" spacer. Note I used Grade 8 for the Bolt and the threaded nut.
First knock out 2 of the studs on opposite corners then put the bolt through from the back side. Place the spacer, drilled nut and then thread the nut on. Now just use a wrench to hold the nut and a small impact to turn the bolt. Alternate between each bolt and only use small increments and it will pop off easily.

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[mad4hws]

Thanks for the post Justin. I too purchased a disc brake kit from Cory. I haven't had the opportunity to do anything other than admire it in the box. That's actually enough - They're a sight to behold!

I'm going to save this post and combine with Cory's directions when the time comes for me to make the modification to the Minion Missle.

Don.

[jwgreen]

Thanks for the post Justin. I too purchased a disc brake kit from Cory. I haven't had the opportunity to do anything other than admire it in the box. That's actually enough - They're a sight to behold!

I'm going to save this post and combine with Cory's directions when the time comes for me to make the modification to the Minion Missle.

Don.

Don,

It's pretty easy, especially if you have the hubs machined by a shop, which I did. Just takes some time to disassemble everything and then reassembled. If you have any questions just call/text or email me.

[yitzac1990]

Posted this in my build thread but thought I might add it here just for easier finding and correlating. Also, Thank you Cory for all the hard work engineering this setup, it looks great and can't wait to test it out on the road!

Thank you for the post! And unfortunately I have been super busy today and didnt get a chance to check the length of those rear bolts yet!

It seems you had much better luck with the backing plate removal than I did. But your setup looks to be in a bit nicer shape than mine, so I wouldnt have wanted to ruin them either.

As for the rear axle spacer, mine had them, so I used them and made sure they were reassembled in the correct order. As far as using something in its place, I am not too sure!

thank you for the tip to remove the axle shaft from the bearing, this would have helped me when I was doing all this...