Posted by Mavman (IP: 204.181.93.71) on March 15, 2000 at 15:50:14:
In Reply to: A Possible Rear Disc Brake swap for 8 and 9" posted by 1BADMAV on March 15, 2000 at 06:48:39:
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: It would seem that current production Explorer rear disc will swap on with no modification to the axles or rearend. In the April 99' Mustang & Fords Mag, Currie is now installing them on rearends for customers. It mentioned nothing about modifications. It stated these are current production pieces and because of the popularity of the explorer are on back order but starting to trickle in. What you need is the backing plate, Rotor and caliper. What I like about this setup is that it is a full floating caliper with the parking brake seperate from the caliper. It has mini shoes in the drum part of the rotor. It is a single disc rotor but If I remember correctly they are a 10 inch rotor. I will investigate this further and if anybody has any more info please share :)
: Lance
...showing the procedure for changing an S-Series Checvy rear from drum to disc. There is a picture of all the hardware necessary, and after reading it realized that a swap of this type somehow HAS to be do-able for the Mav/Comet. This is the May issue on page 14. Check it out.