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Offline EMCD

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Best rotor replacement
« on: September 28, 2014 - 12:06:18 PM »
Stock '72 wanting to upgrade w/o going to 73 and up spindles. What's out there that good but not a million $'s?




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Re: Best rotor replacement
« Reply #1 on: September 28, 2014 - 12:43:03 PM »
Keep your spindles but use 73 & up rotors anyway...

http://www.doctordiff.com/70-72-b-e-body-disc-brake-spindle-sleeves.html

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Re: Best rotor replacement
« Reply #2 on: September 28, 2014 - 01:07:48 PM »
Sweet! What about off the shelf calipers?

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Re: Best rotor replacement
« Reply #3 on: September 28, 2014 - 01:12:08 PM »
Yup, just get the Dr. Diff bearing sleeves. Don't even worry about the dust shields, they're useless. The bearing sleeves basically convert the the 70-72 E-body spindles to accept any of the 73+ rotors and bearings. You can actually keep your stock calipers if you just stick with the stock sized rotors.

If you're actually looking to upgrade brakes and not just get rid of the early rotors, with a set of bearing sleeves you can run the later 11.75" mopar rotors. Dr diff has a kit for that, http://www.doctordiff.com/front-disc-brake-kit-for-11.75-on-disc-knuckles.html. If you go through the kit options you can "delete" the spindles, which knocks the price down. The kit includes everything you need otherwise except for the bearing sleeves.

Or, you can see if you can find a set of pin type caliper brackets for the 11.75" rotors, which would let you keep your calipers too. There's a seller on eBay that makes them, but they're expensive. Usually, they're only $100-$150 for the used versions if you can find them. Here's that link http://www.ebay.com/itm/MOPAR-LARGE-ROTOR-11-75-PIN-CALIPER-BRACKETS-NEW-FROM-TRM-/221451385286?pt=Vintage_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&hash=item338f87f9c6&vxp=mtr

I managed to find a set of 11.75" pin style caliper brackets for my Challenger, and run the 11.75" rotors with my stock calipers. They work great. You do need 15" rims to do it, but with my 17's its really not an issue. They stop the car MUCH faster.

If you're running bigger than 15" rims Dr Diff has other brake kits that will work too. I have his 13" rotor kit with cobra calipers on my Duster, but those need at least 17" rims. Those work spectacularly, and compared to other large rotor kits they're priced pretty reasonable.
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Re: Best rotor replacement
« Reply #4 on: September 28, 2014 - 07:53:30 PM »
You guys are awesome. Thanks for the recommendations. I have 15" right now and will keep them for the next 3-5 years. What about brake line? I haven't replaced mine yet. I'm guessing they are at least 10 years old.

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Re: Best rotor replacement
« Reply #5 on: September 28, 2014 - 09:26:33 PM »
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Re: Best rotor replacement
« Reply #6 on: September 28, 2014 - 10:49:19 PM »
well ain't that the cat's ass :2thumbs:
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