Where can I find a decently priced complete disc brake kit for a 59 galaxie? Including all the lines,master cylinder, combo valves and everything I would need to convert it. With this kit can I keep stock spindles? Was thinking about doing it part by part but screw it. What has also worked for u and how much did u pay? Thanks!!
Another vote for ECI. Call Ralph and tell him what your trying to do. One of the best brake people around, you can take his advice to the bank. Frank
www.scarebird.com sells a pretty inexpensive adapter kit that allows you to use calipers and rotors you can source locally. Plus, they're an Alliance vendor.
Last conversion I did I bought a bracket for $99 and pieced it together from over the counter parts. I got my bracket from Speedway, but I am sure others have them as well. Or use Granada spindles. What's wrong with your drum brakes? Just rebuild them.
I use scarebird adapter kit on my ranchero worked out great! I bought all my parts at the local auto parts house. I did have to make some lines but no big deal. check them out.
That's pretty awesome, I was talking to some got at bobs in burbank this weekend who told me that he pieced together a setup with parts from autozone through a guy at scarebird. Said it cost him like 6 or 7 hundred bucks. He had to get the discs from a junk yard or somethin. Cliffy, I figured since my master c. has only one reservoir, my wheel cylinders are crusty inside, lines r old etc.... I figured id do an upgrade anyway. Its a 59 galaxie so its pretty big. And I live in LA so theres a lot of stupid drivers out here. I figure if I hit a honda I will probably total it. With minimal damage on my own. tee hee.
WTF? This setup use 68-69 Mustang rotors ($50/each NAPA) and 82-92 Camaro, 78-87 Monte calipers (damn near free at 7-11). How the hell could he spend that much?
I'm an MBM Brakes dealer in Chatsworth, PM me or email cbminc@earthlink.net if you need anything from them. On a 60 Galaxie I used 78 Ranchero spindles and brakes, had to buy a tapered reamer to ream the lower ball joint hole as I remember, worked perfectly.
Scarebird, Do u have a number or anything where I can reach u directly? If u do can u e-mail me? Im in LA. How does it work with u guys. Yes, I think someone put it on for the guy. Sorry, not trying to be miss informative. Do u have a place in LA?
Go to Scarebird.com they have great customer service and if I do switch to disc breaks they are who I am going to buy from. Ryland
Eci has great stuff a little pricer than others but you get a great product everytime ... And the guys treat ya nice like an old school shop .
I used thier kit on my ot muscle car and it worked out great! I did the whole job for $325 including the scarebird brackets but I work in the aftermarket. It did take me a couple trips to the part store but it was a third of the price of the kits In the catalogs for the car.
Just checked out the sight bird. So if I want to use my original drum spindles I need the bracket? And ull tell me everything I need from napa or autozone?I need to redo my whole brake system. Thanks!
Correct, we also include the bearing spacers. The original master will work - dual is better for safety but not as much as some would have you believe
Here is another vote for Scarebird. There are a lot of brake kits out there that use custom machined wear items. What do you do when something wears out? How about the poor ******* that buys your car and then has something wear out? Roadside repair? Off-t******lf parts rule. I'll take a major OEM wear-item brake part any day over one from "some dude with a machine shop".
I would do scarebird on my 57 but that bracket was not available then. If do any of the kits with newer spindles you can't use original style steel 14" wheels. The only thing on the scarebird kit is you have to machine the hub on the discs you buy to run small hub hole 14" wheels. Also the front track width isn't altered so much, I did a granada kit on my 57 and the front seems so much wider than the rear. Make sure to price shop for everything. Kragen was the best price for having it in stock and price Rock auto only had some of the parts and the caliper prices we're way more for the same brand and part. If you have some old calipers laying around,use them to cover the core charges. On my 64 I used the dual master of a 74 maverick Used a wilwood style prop valve. I converted to an electrical brake light switch, off the pedal using a early mustang brake light switch, works on 57-59 fairlanes also. Your going to have to figure out the plumbing, I have yet to see a kit that has all the lines worked out. But you can basically use some coathangers and route them as you would the real lines then go to the parts store and fine the correct size.
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