question for drop axle owners/taper bearing kit - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

**mr48chev** · 12-03-2012, 01:06 PM

It will depend on the wheels. Usually the problem (and it isn't that big of a problem) comes when you run drum brake only wheels on disk brakes.
In the early 70's I worked in a Firestone company store in Texas and we ran into the older mag wheel interference issues with the disk brakes on the early 70's cars quite often. Guys would have a nice set of rims off their mid 60's car that they wanted to put on their new early 70's disk brake cars and the rims would rub the calipers. The spacers moved the wheel out just enough to clear and they were good to go.

12-03-2012, 01:06 PM	#8
mr48chev Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Toppenish, WA Posts: 15,711	Re: question for drop axle owners/taper bearing kit It will depend on the wheels. Usually the problem (and it isn't that big of a problem) comes when you run drum brake only wheels on disk brakes. In the early 70's I worked in a Firestone company store in Texas and we ran into the older mag wheel interference issues with the disk brakes on the early 70's cars quite often. Guys would have a nice set of rims off their mid 60's car that they wanted to put on their new early 70's disk brake cars and the rims would rub the calipers. The spacers moved the wheel out just enough to clear and they were good to go. __________________ Founding member of the too many projects, too little time and money club. My ongoing truck projects: 48 Chev 3100 that will run a 292 Six. 71 GMC 2500 that is getting a Cad 500 transplant. 77 C 30 dualie, 454, 4 speed with a 10 foot flatbed and hoist. It does the heavy work and hauls the projects around.

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