alistairolsen
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| posted on 5/7/10 at 09:17 PM |
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Homebrew brake conversion
I needed something more confidence inspiring than standard escort solid disks on my jeep and they needed a full overhaul anyway, so for minimal cost I
decided to sort it out.
I spent a few hours knocking up some brake adaptors so I could fit mondeo calipers and 2wd cosworth 283mm disks
I replaced the wheel bearings in a pair of hubs Id machined down slightly in the lathe and fitted them, then cleaned the mating surface with a dremel
and applied copperslip
and the new disks followed by the calipers.
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clairetoo
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| posted on 5/7/10 at 09:45 PM |
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That's neat - I have just done something similar on my Fury - Rover 820 285mm discs on home-made hubs , with the original M16 calipers moved out
on brackets and the brakes are sooooooooooooooooo much better 
Its cuz I is blond , innit
Claire xx
Will weld for food......
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l0rd
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| posted on 6/7/10 at 07:57 AM |
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a couple of things
Why is one of your struts yellow and the other black?
Do you have the dame discs for front and rear?
Why did you only use only 2 studs at your wheel? Is it a new way of weight reduction? 
Sorry for the silly questions. Just can't get the pictures.
Otherwise looking good.
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alistairolsen
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| posted on 6/7/10 at 08:57 AM |
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I have no idea, same as one is gusseted and the other isnt! Ill be swapping them out for something better as soon as I have some funds.
No, rear is on 8 inch drums and Im running with no rear restrictors inline
because I only dropped it on for the pic, the studs are too short with the disk sandwiched in there and I need new ones.
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