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Make that '69 thru 72 as the '68s are likely to have 4 piston calipers
which are costly to rebuild. Try to stay with the single piston types.
And don't forget the '69-74 Novas and her GM sisters, Buick Apollo,
Pontiac Ventura, Olds Omega.
From the donor car you need:
1. Spindles
2. Calipers
3. Rotors
4. Master Cylinder (and booster if you want power assist)
5. Proportioning/combination valve
6. Disc brake dust shields and hardware
7. Front hard line to flex line bracket, left and right.
Assuming you can find these either in your local boneyard, eBay, or
Craigslist, know that some parts like the rotors, calipers, and MC
are probably only good as cores to be exchanged for good rebuilt
parts from your local parts store.
Purchase new brake hoses, pads, caliper slide bolts. Don't rely on the old
stuff to keep you safe. You'll also need to buy a disc brake hard line
kit from some supplier such as AMES, CI, Year One, etc.
An often overlooked gotcha is the fittings on the end of the hard lines may
not match your MC or prop valve. So you may have to resort to using
adapters if you don't specify to your hard line supplier what you need.
Some will actually include the fittings you spec if you ask.
Look into some of the new parts disk brake kits before you spend you
dough on the used stuff. I went the old stuff route and then added up
the costs, only to find out that I'd actually spent more money on the
old stuff, including replacing the worn out or suspect bits, than if I'd
just bought a complete kit (by about $80).
Some of the kits use GM design components, so they are very likely
to perform well and keep you safe. Again, your brakes are vital! Don't
assume cheapest is also best. Stay away from any kits that try to sell
you the late 70s, early 80's GM metric parts. This is because there is a
limited number of aftermarket parts with which you can upgrade these.
Ditto for any kits that sell you spindles with cast in steering arms. Buy
only kits that use a seperate arm, which will most likely be your original
drum brake arms. Many, if not all of the drop spindles available create
geometry and tire clearance problems (with wide wheel/tire applications)
so be aware of those issues too.
-Bob Cisneros
http://firstgenfirebird.org/show/closeup.mv?CarID=231
San Jose, CA
On 04/13/09 06:44 PM, [email protected] wrote:
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Ronnie, yes, all those parts, from the ball joints out... 68-72 A body
discs..chevelle,monte carlo,cutlass,lemans,gto,buick GS, etc
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