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sbca96
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Posted - 03/07/2009 : 7:47:21 PM
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The original post got archived and its apparently impossible to take from archive. It can not be edited while archived, and my pictures are in a new location since posting.
Originally Posted - 07/19/2006
https://forum.foobar.com/topic.asp?ARCHIVE=true&TOPIC_ID=4957
I got a set of front brake hubs from a guy who had recently upgraded to Turner disc brakes from his tired 4 wheel stock drums. I pressed the old drums off the hubs, and then trial fitted the stock hub into the 13" Cobra rotor, and it fit perfectly - that was a BIG relief! :
The next step was to press out the old studs :
Here is the studless hub :
Did you know that the factory studs have NO knurl?? No wonder they tend to strip out so easy with an impact gun!
They looked SOOO ugly, I scraped them with a screw driver, and the took them to work and used the wire wheel :
Thats all for now .. I had to order the new wheel bearings, seals, caps, and also make a tool to pound out the old races. The caps I got from Pepboys in the Help! section, but the part that slips into the hub was too long, so it would not sit flush, hub against the crimped shoulder. I also bought the 10 Dodge wheel studs mentioned in my original article, and drilled the hub for the interference fit for the knurl. I took two of the old bearing races, one of the inners, & one of the outers, and had the machine shop at my work cut a slot through one side with the chop saw. This will allow me to use as an installer, so I dont risk damaging the new race with an out-of-control chisel tip! I went to buy a bearing race installer kit from the local Harbor Freight, but they were sold out! I will update this thread as I go.
Enjoy!
Tom
'63 Avanti, zinc plated drilled & slotted 03 Mustang Cobra 13" front disc/98 GT rear brakes, 03 Cobra 17" wheels, GM alt, 97 Z28 leather seats, soon: TKO 5-spd, Ported heads w/SST full flow valves, 'R3' 276 cam, Edelbrock AFB Carb, GM HEI distributor, 8.8mm plug wires |
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sbca96
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Posted - 03/07/2009 : 7:48:19 PM
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Got out there tonight and drilled the holes out in the new rotors. Thought I would show a couple pics, the rear rotors had smaller holes, but this could be because they are "aftermarket". Used the 5/8 drill and went to town:
Rear:
Front:
Sorry about those pics, I dont know WHAT the camera was focusing in on, it certainly WASNT the rotor. Hummm.
Here is a couple shots of how little material had to be removed from the front rotor holes, here is one drilled through :
Here is a partial drilled hole. Not a lot to remove :
Close up :
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sbca96
Commander Member
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Posted - 03/07/2009 : 7:50:06 PM
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The next step was to remove the old bearing races, & install the new ones. I added some Loctite & then tapped the new races in until they were flush with the hub surface. I have installed bearing races this way for years, it just requires that you continue to hit the race in a "star pattern", like you torque wheel studs. This keeps the race from getting stuck :
Then I used my two cut old races to tap the rest of the way until the race was against the machined step inside :
Then I pressed in the Dodge shouldered studs :
Finished hub, waiting to go on the car :
Then I had to remove the Mustang GT rotors, calipers, & the modified hubs to make way for the unmachined hubs. The machined hubs are going to Michigan to go on my dads 1969 Avanti II.
Clearance for wrenches is tight, but it works :
Drained out some brake fluid. As you can see, the prototype brackets got some extra holes, that was to rotate the caliper up, to get the bottom bolt higher then the steering arm, so a standard wrench could be used on the top and bottom bolt, and tightened to 85 ft lbs :
Then pack the bearings, add the new seals (Napa now carries an updated neoprene seal, was glad to toss the old felt ones!!), bolt it on the spindle, new cotter pin, and add the modified "Help!" dust cap (not a direct fit like a cross reference site for Studebaker listed!).
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sbca96
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Posted - 03/07/2009 : 7:51:22 PM
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Once the Dodge studs are in the stock Stude hub, the rotor is an easy step of tightening the lugs on, to draw the rotor onto the shoulders.
Then, the Cobra caliper gets bolted onto the bracket. With the thickness I chose for the bracket at the mounting point, I found the perfect length of bolt at Ace Hardware, though the size could be picked up anywhere.
Here is a shot looking over the Cobra caliper at the lower mounting bolt, this shows how close the extention is to the steering arm, but it works!
Here is a shot of the upper mounting bolt, again close, but it clears! These are BIG calipers, so they have a wide spread on the bolts.
Tire back on the drivers side, now off to do the passenger side.
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sbca96
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Posted - 03/07/2009 : 7:52:42 PM
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I thought I would show the inner hub seals from Napa, the part number is in the picture. They are nice, because they are not felt, but are a little bit more difficult to install on the spindle, the rubber edge doesnt slip over on the seal surface like the felt. I finally used the nut to put pressure on the seal, and then rotated the hub and the seal popped on.
Hub on the passenger side spindle :
Rotor and caliper assembled :
Unfortunately, I found that the passenger side GT brake hose, does not fit on the Cobra caliper. The locating boss interferes with the block on the hose (these are banjo fittings). Not sure how I will correct his, I have the stainless steel braided hoses, but some prelim comparisons made me think that the braided lines can not fit where the rubber lines are, since the dont bend as easily as the rubber! A speed bump .... I'll figure it out!
Tire assembly back on the passenger side :
Is this a freaking BIG brake or what? I guess I have now officially taken away Steeltech's claim of the "biggest brakes available for Studebaker". Sorry Dave! Though yours still fit inside 15" wheels. These wont!
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sbca96
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Posted - 03/07/2009 : 7:53:06 PM
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In my effort to keep you all informed of the good AND the bad in this mod, here is the latest :
After getting everything together on the car, I took it for the maiden voyage and it was pretty obvious on the first stop, that something was not right. The pedal was pulsating pretty good. These were two "new" hubs that I had to history for, so I did some research on the max rotor runout thats allowable. The spec I found was .005 at the rotor, which translates to about .002 at the hub. I checked both sides, and one was at .007, and the other was over .010! I was able to "correct" the .007 side to .0025 by removing the rotor, and hitting the "high" side with my trusty BFH (Big Freakin Hammer). The hub was about .003 out, and it was only in one localized area. A couple sharp blows got me .001 out. With the rotor back on, that translated to .0025, which is within the .005 max (.003 preferred). The other hub was .005+ out, & it was over a 180 degree arc. It was pretty obvious that the BFH wasnt up to the task of correcting that much error. So off the hub went, pressed out the studs, and brought it to work and had Bobby take .006 off the front side. Will try it on the car when I get home (before putting the old studs back in) and see if its within .002 (.001 preferred).
Heck, if adapting brakes was easy - everyone would be doing it!
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sbca96
Commander Member
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Posted - 03/07/2009 : 7:54:08 PM
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I think I mentioned that the stock Mustang GT front hoses didnt fit the new Cobra calipers. The problem was that the boss on the hose end, that the banjo fitting bolt goes thru, is in a different spot on the pass side caliper. The GT caliper has the boss in the bottom, the Cobra has it on the top on both sides. To get the GT hose to fit, I needed to match the boss :
Here is another shot of the steel hose bracket I made. I made a drawing for this, to make it easier to make another set.
Then I had to machine that hub, to get it right took two tries! It must have been bent, since the pass side hub only needed a good wack to get it to be within spec on runout. I would assume that a standard brake lathe could be used to "true" up a hub before new bearings are installed. The other fix would be to "true" the rotors with the hub bolted into them. I was not able to do this, as you arent supposed to "turn" drilled and slotted rotors.
Then I went on too the rear brakes. I could have gone to Cobra rears, but that would require modifying another set of brackets. I figured that the GT rears were plenty fine for the 30% left to stop the Avanti. But I wanted them to match .. so here are the drilled and slotted rears installed :
The old rotors :
Drilled and Slotted rotor installed :
Caliper back on, with new pads of course :
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sbca96
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Posted - 03/07/2009 : 7:54:34 PM
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Decided since I had the gauge, I might as well check the REAR hubs to be sure that they were in spec, I didnt FEEL any noticable pulsing with the old rotors, so I though I was safe. Boy was I wrong. I found the pass side hub was over .014 out! Thats crazy wobble! I dont know HOW I got away with that before. I think it might be because I was using used rotors, and they had a slight runout and I was lucky enough to put them on JUST right???
Regardless, I borrowed a puller, yanked the hubs, & pressed out the new studs. These should be EASY to turn on the lathe. This wouldnt have been a problem had I just assumed they needed to be "trued". One thing I had thought of that could cause the rear to be SO bad. To remove the hubs, you must use a puller that pulls on the studs, the amount of force involved could warp the hub a couple thousands each time. This slight amount of runout probably wont make a difference in a drum brake car, but the max runout on a disc is .005, and the bigger the rotor, the larger the error is to be exaggerated. Not a big issue to true up with the hub removed, but the more material thats removed from the hub surface, the more offcenter the rotor becomes comparied to the caliper. The calpiers are sliding, so they with self center, but you could remove so much material, as to make the caliper bracket interfere with the rotor! (thats a lot of material, but its the worst case). To remedy this isnt a hug issue, some .005 shim stock could be used between the hub and rotor to recenter. There are always ways to get around things that dont go together smoothly (see BFH).
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stude_s
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Posted - 03/08/2009 : 12:56:00 AM
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Tom,
As always great work and thanks for keeping us all updated on the progress with these modifications/upgrades. They sure are looking great!
Steve
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sbca96
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Posted - 03/08/2009 : 01:04:59 AM
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Thanks Steve, but this is a repost (RP) of the archived article, your positive comments are certainly welcome, just clarifying that this is about 2 years ago (not that much else has come about since then). The yer 2008 was a complete waste, as my wifes recovery from surgery and the accident resulting in totalling her car all started the year. My injuries put me behind on the Avanti, and the search for a new car to replace her "baby". Hopefully soon I can refocus on the Avanti and do the Cobra rear brakes to match.
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