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BowTieMan · 11-20-2005, 11:43 PM

Ok this has probly been asked before. But what is the cheapest way to get 5 lug disk brakes and drop spindles for my truck? Its a 70 half ton 6 lug drum now.

llegos · 11-21-2005, 02:31 AM

get the spindles from an aftermarket company, and rip off the other parts from a 71-87(i think those years work), but then you have to deal with the rear being a 6 lug rear

ChevLoRay · 11-21-2005, 11:49 AM

Cheapest way is probably to get the front cross-member from a 73-87 and swap it in. You'll find some others on here who have done it.

I can tell you that the route I took wasn't cheap, but it was what I wanted and the money was available at the time. Went with ECE stuff, front and rear, all the goodies, staying with 6-lug pattern. Seems that parts and labor (my cousin cut me a real deal at $300 for all the labor), ran me almost $2K. But, I have a completely rebuilt front end with all the bushings, ball joints, tie rod ends, idler arm, upper/lower control arm shafts, complete disc brake conversion, new springs (front and rear), shock relocaters, shocks, front tires, alignment (factory spec) and adjustable track bar.

Drives like a dream, too.

HeavyD · 11-21-2005, 01:53 PM

I can't see a 71-2 disc brake setup being expensive. $100 should get you what you need.

BowTieMan · 11-21-2005, 05:56 PM

Ya I was at a junk yard and he wanted $200 for a complete set up off a 72 chevy. And the rotors were junk.

I may just get the new rotors and pads and brake lines and bearings from autozone and get some lowering spindles.

Who sells lowering spindles for a good price?

Thanks for all the help guys

11-20-2005, 11:43 PM	#1
BowTieMan Registered User Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Glendale Arizona Posts: 747	Disk Brakes Ok this has probly been asked before. But what is the cheapest way to get 5 lug disk brakes and drop spindles for my truck? Its a 70 half ton 6 lug drum now. __________________ "A true hotrodder wouldn't be content untill he had created a car so violent, so hairy, so totally sick that the very act of dropping the hammer would result in instant death. Anything less results in the need to go faster." - Tony DeFeo

11-21-2005, 02:31 AM	#2
llegos Registered User Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: pleasanton, CA Posts: 570	Re: Disk Brakes get the spindles from an aftermarket company, and rip off the other parts from a 71-87(i think those years work), but then you have to deal with the rear being a 6 lug rear __________________ -Steve

11-21-2005, 11:49 AM	#3
ChevLoRay Old Skool Club Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Benton, AR "The Heart of Arkansas" Posts: 10,880	Re: Disk Brakes Cheapest way is probably to get the front cross-member from a 73-87 and swap it in. You'll find some others on here who have done it. I can tell you that the route I took wasn't cheap, but it was what I wanted and the money was available at the time. Went with ECE stuff, front and rear, all the goodies, staying with 6-lug pattern. Seems that parts and labor (my cousin cut me a real deal at $300 for all the labor), ran me almost $2K. But, I have a completely rebuilt front end with all the bushings, ball joints, tie rod ends, idler arm, upper/lower control arm shafts, complete disc brake conversion, new springs (front and rear), shock relocaters, shocks, front tires, alignment (factory spec) and adjustable track bar. Drives like a dream, too. __________________ Member Nr. 2770 '96 GMC Sportside; 4.3/SLT - Daily driven....constantly needs washed. '69 C-10 SWB; 350/TH400 - in limbo The older I get, the better I was.

11-21-2005, 01:53 PM	#4
HeavyD Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Wakaw, Sask, Canada Posts: 3,180	Re: Disk Brakes I can't see a 71-2 disc brake setup being expensive. $100 should get you what you need. __________________ "You can take the man out of PA, but you can't take PA out of the man"

11-21-2005, 05:56 PM	#5
BowTieMan Registered User Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Glendale Arizona Posts: 747	Re: Disk Brakes Ya I was at a junk yard and he wanted $200 for a complete set up off a 72 chevy. And the rotors were junk. I may just get the new rotors and pads and brake lines and bearings from autozone and get some lowering spindles. Who sells lowering spindles for a good price? Thanks for all the help guys __________________ "A true hotrodder wouldn't be content untill he had created a car so violent, so hairy, so totally sick that the very act of dropping the hammer would result in instant death. Anything less results in the need to go faster." - Tony DeFeo Last edited by BowTieMan; 11-21-2005 at 05:57 PM.

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