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Originally Posted by Richard8971
 Yeah tell me about it. Thats a good idea Jessie. I have been wanting to do that to my truck as well and also to convert my front drums to discs. Will this work for doing that as well? I already have a booster that can handle front discs. I thought a '72 was the only year they had disc brakes up front.
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71&72. Make sure you have the right proportioning valve for disc trucks.
If you use the ENTIRE front suspension, you need to buy everything for a 71/72 truck. If you only swap the spindles, you need the 71/72 ball joints, 71/72 OUTER tie rod ends (if you keep the 67-70 center link, you need to use 67-70 inner tie rod ends) and I
think you may need the 71/72 pitman arm, but for my truck I just used the 71 steering box I got with the truck. Also, the little "tit" on the back of the spindle to stop the wheels from turning too far needs to be ground down if you use 67-70 lower control arms. The bump stops on them are different. Before taking the truck apart, count the number of times the wheel turns from center so you can slowly grind the tit down until the 71/72 spindles with the 67-70 lower control arms will turn properly from lock to lock...
long story short, using the whole damn thing is way easier
...and obviously, if you buy an ECE or similar kit made for your year truck, it comes with everything to "make it work" with what you have.