Friday, January 22, 2010

Gone

All the Ball Joints have been disconnected from the spindles. The spindles were then removed, obviously, from the Upper and Lower Control Arms, and I examined the brake lines.

On the stock drum brake setup, the steel brake line comes through the shock tower and heads straight down to a bracket, where it couples with the rubber brake line. The rubber brake line then allows for movement when turning the wheels. The bracket/rubber brake line are all on the rear-side of the spindle (in other words, away from the front of the car) because the input to the drum brakes is on the rear side.

On the new disc brake setup, the input on the caliper for the rubber brake line is near the middle, but angled toward the front of the car. Thus, the old brake line setup will not work. It was suggested to me to buy a brake line adapter from Mustangs Plus which will route the brake line more forward (towards the front of the car) so that the rubber brake line does not kink.

Here is a mock-up of what the new brake/wheel assembly will look like on the car.

From Blog Photos


And here's a mock-up of the new wheels on the car.

From Blog Photos


Still lots of work to be done before those can actually be installed. List includes:

New Master Cylinder installed
New SS Brake Lines installed
Brake Line Brackets mounted
Brake/Wheel assembly double-checked
New Upper/Lower Ball Joints
Upper/Lower Control Arms cleaned/de-rusted
New Tie Rods installed

And probably a few hundred bucks to blow, too. :D

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