Technical Break question

I'm building a hot rod with a 44 international cab and I have a front axle out of a 49 ford truck. I got a rear end out of an 85 caprice and I also took all the front brake parts. Is there any way I can put the caprice rotors on the Ford truck spindles?

 

How did they "break" ?????

 

Brake = for stopping a car
Break = a brief work stoppage

 

Don't break yer brakes. Good advice.

 

Yea yea lol

 

http://www.speedwaymotors.com/1948-...luxe-Disc-Brake-Kit-5-x-5-1-2-Inch,36492.html

 

see if they fit. You have all the parts sitting right there, don't you?

 

I was wanting to use the gm rotors because I have a set of gm wheels I want to use.

 

They don't fit in checked. Speed way sell adapters for car spindles but I don't see any for the truck spindles.

 

just put a S-10 frame under it

 

No I got a 49 chevy truck I'm doing that with but I'm building a custom frame for this one.

 

It's going to be an open engine. Dont really like the way s10 frames look on those.

 

Just do some more reading of the HAMB,,,Get some learning BEFORE you start...1st thing you'll learn is that isn't a "hot rod" mabe a damn rat rod tho

 

It's a hot rod if it's built well.

 

I would say rat rod but it seems alot of people think a rat rod is a bunch of **** stuck together that don't even resemble a hot rod.

 

If you want to see if the rotors will fit, the first thing to do is get the bearing numbers for all of the bearings (both the truck and the car) and compare the length of the spindle to the depth of the rotor. See if there are bearings available with the truck ID and the car OD. And see if the spindle is the correct length, or if it's too long, see if there is enough turned area on the inner journal to space the bearing out some.

this is good old fashioned hot rodding...it may not work, but at least you'll know why.

 

Like 36-3 window said. S-10 frame is the way to go. Almost a straight bolt in with that truck.

 

Don't let the cowboys get to you, your question was legitimate, other then using the wrong word for brakes.

To me, open engine probably also means open wheel. S10 frames and their independent suspensions are ugly. If forced to use them, a hot rod guys would want to cover them up, not run open wheels and have that stuff hanging out where everyone has to look at it.

My concern with your brakes is that the rotors may be too long for the spindles you have. You may have to source out different rotors with the same bolt pattern. Like Squirrel said, its time to measure the OD of the spindle, and the ID of the bearing races and see if there are bearings that will work. (Google wheel bearings, there are companies that specialize in just bearings.) After that, you will probably need to figure out seals, and make a bracket to mount the calipers to your spindles. Looks like you may have your work cut out for you. I believe I would do a google search to see if someone has already done what you want to do before. Gene