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71 spindle to 74 spindle
PintoMan1:
yes i am using 77 bobcat calipers.
bbobcat75:
these brakes have me soooo confused!!
have a 75 bobcat and the front brakes are the same as the 74-80, no problems there!!
now my 78 wagon is a different story, has 74-80 calipers but has the 71-73 rotors, was replacing the rotors and seals and pads to find out the 74-80 rotors are taller then the 71-73. when i put the 74-80 rotors on the center spindal nut would be tight and the rotor was still way tooo loose, now the bearings for 71-80 all the same and same with the rear seal!!! so im guessing some one put 71-73 spindals on my 78 but can not figure out why, doesnt make much sense to me!!!
good luck with the brakes on these cars, what a pain!!!
Pinto5.0:
--- Quote from: bbobcat75 on July 25, 2012, 08:34:45 AM ---these brakes have me soooo confused!!
have a 75 bobcat and the front brakes are the same as the 74-80, no problems there!!
now my 78 wagon is a different story, has 74-80 calipers but has the 71-73 rotors, was replacing the rotors and seals and pads to find out the 74-80 rotors are taller then the 71-73. when i put the 74-80 rotors on the center spindal nut would be tight and the rotor was still way tooo loose, now the bearings for 71-80 all the same and same with the rear seal!!! so im guessing some one put 71-73 spindals on my 78 but can not figure out why, doesnt make much sense to me!!!
good luck with the brakes on these cars, what a pain!!!
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Or you got the wrong replacement rotors. ''74-up rotors will bolt on early spindles. I wonder if you had Falcon or early Mustang rotors by mistake....
bbobcat75:
i wondered the same thing but federated has a different part number for those rotors then pintos but could have been mis boxed!!!
i put 71-73 rotors on so i could use my early mags!!!
rbohm:
--- Quote from: Pinto5.0 on July 25, 2012, 10:12:26 AM ---
Or you got the wrong replacement rotors. ''74-up rotors will bolt on early spindles. I wonder if you had Falcon or early Mustang rotors by mistake....
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early falcons and mustangs did not have disc brakes on six cylinder models, and the wheel bolt patterns are different as well by 1/4"
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