speed way straight axle kit...

I dont care who ran em'...they still look gay

 

Get the speedway axle set up for 49-54 Chevy Passenger car spindles. You can find the Chevy drum brakes/spindles at damn near any classic car yard, or on craigslist/ebay. They're cheap to rebuild and you can get the bearings/wheel cylinders/shoes/hoses from your local parts store. As mentioned above, you can also go the disc brake route. But a good set of 49-54 Chevy drum brakes with new hardware will have more than adequate stopping power for that lightweight Falcon.

 

You can buy the entire kit w/ disc brakes using early Chevy spindles for about a $100.00 cheaper than the early Ford kit. Plus the chevy set-up uses a smaller rotor and looks alot better. Front disc brakes were common on gassers in the 60's. They ran Hurst/Airheart setups w/ a small rotor. 84-87 Corvette calipers look alot like Hurst/Airheart calipers. Plus the Chevy spindles are stronger!!!!

 

So, are you saying that the 84-87 Corvette calipers will work with the setup that you bought from Speedway?

 

I haven't run drums on the front in over thirty years, because of the better stopping power. I have set some early gm's up with self-adjusters and a power booster that was as good as disc. though.

 

Yep. My 4200 lb. Riviera stops fine with drums.

 

Never thought I would see straight axle cars sitting in the high school parking lots agine. Ya just never know, hell maybe thay will start selling 260 at the pumps, after the wind farms take over.

 

Computers have disks, brakes are discs.....

 

"The disc brake or disk brake is a device for slowing or stopping the rotation of a wheel while it is in motion." But they spell it with a "c" throughout the rest of the article, so I stand corrected.

 

Actually, if you were going to use the 49-54 Chevy spindles, and want to use the Chevy drums, look for the 51-54 ones....the 49-50 use a Huck (i think that's what they were called) brake system, and they are not nearly as good as the 51 thru 54 which were the Bendix style. In my opinion (which means zilch!) I can ignore the disc brakes if the overall look of the car is done in the nostalgia style.

 

Whoever said disc brakes are gay hasn't experienced brake fade at high speed.

Drums stop just fine until they get hot, expand and your foot goes to the floor.

It happens quick! You'll feel gay when your asshole sucks the seat covers off the foam cushion.

By the way didn't some old gassers run Volvo discs?

 

I installed a Speedway front end kit in my Willys and have friends that have installed them also, and the problem we all ran into was that the plastic spring bushings had a tendency to break apart. Especially not good on a drag car !!!
I did some research and found a replacement bronze bushing that would work.
However I had to make a new spring shackle frame mount, as the one from Speedway was too large of a diameter for a tight fit of the bushings . Don't know if this is still the case with them. Anyway, here is the part numbers for the bronze bushings if anyone wants to use them instead of the plastic ones.
Got mine from BDI ( Bearing Distributors INC. ) # ISO EF - 081216

Carey

 

What company dose BDI stand for? Also what part supplier did get these from? I always have to make mine from oilite bar stock on the lathe eveytime I do a tube axle for a customer. To time consuming and the oilite bar stock is expensive! Any help is much appreciated. Thanks

 

BDI = Bearing Distributors Inc. ( Google for a location nearest you )
Carey

 

Wonder how the Speedway Axle kit compares with the kit sold by Thompson Garage on ebay? They look alot alike. Anyone used one of the Thompson Garage kits? ( careyohio that avatar Willys is awesome!)

 

The 2wd post office jeep has a very heavy front axle, the tube has 3/8" thick walls.

I'm changing mine to an I beam axle[it may be crosley] hoping to save weight.