View Single Post
Old 10-20-2014, 12:34 PM   #2
mechanixman
Registered User
 
mechanixman's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: Mt. Prospect, ILL
Posts: 820
Re: DIY 8 lug Disk Brake Conversion

First step is to remove the drums. The only things holding the drum to the hub are two screws, you can see them in the second picture, at 12:00 and about 5:00. I couldn't remove mine, a drill made short work of that.
The rotors we'll be using sit on larger lugs. We can increase the size of the lugs to 9/16 and still have the original wheels fit. Now the shank of the new stud won't fit in the original hub, so you'll need a 19/32 bit to make it fit. Don't worry about these odd size of the bit. Even Home Depot carries them.
After that, I suggest cleaning and painting the hubs. It's not that much extra work, and it makes them look 100 times better.
Attached Images
     
__________________
-Nick

Projects:
1952 Chevy 1 ton = The Build page
mechanixman is offline   Reply With Quote