dave shires
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| posted on 29/10/08 at 09:54 AM |
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drive shafts
Just started building my MK indy R my doner is a XR4 two wheel drive version which has drums on rear my question is if I am to fit discs to the rear
will i require different drive shafts
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bigrich
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| posted on 29/10/08 at 09:57 AM |
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No just the conversion plates to allow the fitment of calipers and brackets.
these just bolt to the brg carrier and most manufacturers do them
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nick205
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| posted on 29/10/08 at 09:59 AM |
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Not differnet driveshafts, but different rear hub carriers with the caliper mounting lugs. You'll also need disc specific uprights from MK as I
think the standard ones are for drums.
For what it's worth, drum brakes do the job more than adequately they just don't look as good (IMHO)
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nick205
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| posted on 29/10/08 at 10:02 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by bigrich
No just the conversion plates to allow the fitment of calipers and brackets.
these just bolt to the brg carrier and most manufacturers do them
I stand corrected 
Can you tell I built mine with drums?
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Rob WM
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| posted on 29/10/08 at 12:21 PM |
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You will need to cut off the cylinder carrier etc from the drive shafts and then they should just bolt on using the same hub carrier. The bracket can
be supplied by MK or others and bolts onto the upright using the same mountings as the drive shaft. The calipers then bolt straight on.
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mookaloid
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| posted on 29/10/08 at 12:33 PM |
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Just in case you are tempted to just fit the XR4i drums anyway because it seems tricky to change to discs, be aware that the XR4i drums are a huge
10" and the handbrake cable fouls the upright so you can't really use them.
Cheers
mark
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