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That's the only way I have seen it done.......2 motor mounts and the rear cross-member mount for the t-case. That's the way my SBC350 is done. I no longer have the H41 (in favor of the SM420) but it still mounts the same way. The guy I bought the tranny / rock box / t-case combo from had fabbed some kind of a cross mount for the tranny also but I didn't see the need for it so we didn't use it.
 
do you still have it? Wanna sell it?
 
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Well I found my leak. DS rear wheel. What needs to be done to fix this? Can I get these parts at an Auto Zone or Oreilly's?

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Seriously. Clamp off that side of the rear brakes ( to stop leak) and hold off until you have the time and. $$ to do a rear disc brake conversion

But will that pass cottonlands safety inspection for the crawl. :)






Seriously though, there seems to be as many people that like drum compared to disc?!?!

When you say clamp off, you mean crimp the line so fluid wont keep leaking? How do you clamp or crimp without damaging line?
 
You have to sacrifice a small section of brake line to clamp it off. I do it with small vice grips.

Well working drums are fine but I would not spend $200 to replace them.

Discs are much nicer
 
PO .02 cents (yeah what's that worth) if I did passenger and now driver is gone I'd do what Nolen said.
 
Even when adjusted and working correctly the rear brakes only provide about 30% of the total effort. The good and bad of older Cruiser drum brakes is that there are two wheel cylinders per wheel. This set up makes them hard to adjust properly and also makes them work quite well when set up right. I would not recommend replacing rear drum brakes that are in working order with a disc set up but if your system has issues the cost to repair the stock system can be used to upgrade to a disc set up.

Ok. This is the post I was looking for. I will do what the burning bush says.

Are there kits for this and any recommendations?
 
I will do what the burning bush says.

Are there kits for this and any recommendations?

Get a little rash just ONCE and ... :)

TSM sells a complete kit but I can help you get the parts together for less. Contact Poser on the board for his brackets, I can source and do the lathe work on the rotors. From there it's a quick trip to the salvage yard and then to any parts store and you are good to go. Hardest part is cutting the factory brake line, slip on the salvage yard SAE line fitting, and re-flare the line(will need a tool for this). Oh, and you will need to drain the rear diff and remove the cover to get to the "C" clips that hold the axles in. Once you have all the parts gathered it's a Saturday afternoon project.
 
I had PM'd Poser a while back to ask what he had available. His reply is below:



Caliper brackets and mounting hardware are 75.00us

Modified/machined and ready to go rotors are 44.00us each, 88.00us for the pair.

Caliper hoses/banjo bolts/copper sealing washers are 34.00us each, 68.00us for the pair.

Tombstone hose mounting tabs and clips are 7.00us each, 14.00us for the pair.

Rear axle seals are 9.00us each, 18.00us for the pair.

Diff cover gaskets are 9.00us each.

Freight is not included in these prices; UPS Ground to Louisiana has ran around 28.00us.

This will leave you to procure loaded calipers and a proportioning valve from Summit or Jeggs.

I can take Visa/Master/Discover over the phone or PayPal.

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Making this way harder than it needs to be. Rotor is an early 90's Chevrolet 1/2 ton truck but the bore needs to be opened up to about 4.2" to fit over the axle flange. Visit a junk yard and pull the front calipers, pads, soft line, bolts, and the last few inches of hard line including the fitting from a late 80's to early 90's GM car front. Find one in good condition with good pads and roll with it if you can. If not, exchange the calipers for loaded calipers at any parts store for cheap....

Look at the top of the page and read up on the conversion on the tech forum. It's really not that hard. In fact, I'd say it is easier than keeping the non- self adjusting rear drum brakes set up properly.

If you want to repair your current system you should plan on ordering both wheel cylinders for that wheel as well as new brake shoes. You would be better off to go ahead and buy some drum brake tools to help you do the work (if you can still find them),and also find a shop to turn your old drum on their brake LATHE. Once you get it all back together you can enjoy a few hours of fighting with a adjustment tool on both the top AND bottom cylinder until you get each one adjusted properly( good luck with that).

Mike, give me a call or run me down at SL and I will walk you through it. That's all I'm willing to type with one finger on this damn IPhone.
 
MEMCruiser said:
Sounds like a good winter project as soon as I get into new house that has a garage. I'm moving during the crawl, are y'all helping?

Yes.

No.

Buy all new stuff from Poser.
 
do you still have it? Wanna sell it?

I don't really know if I tossed it or sent it on the pallet to the person who bought my transmission / t-case. Either way, I don't have it but I a say that it was just some piece of angle steel that was cut to fit around the SM420 and mount to it as well as the frame rails. It wasn't anything fancy.
 
Just spend about $70 to fix the side that is leaking to get you thru the crawl if it bothers you. It's not a hard job. The hardest thing is getting the springs back on. We did mine before we came to HS in June. Doing Jrobs full floater now.
 
SHUSH, how much did that cost you when you did PS? Why did you do it? Was it leaking like mine is now.

OBTW, when I sell it back to you it will be brand ....... new.
don't remember price as bill had other work included. Passenger was leaking so I did it.

In a few years I want about. $12k DD....you may have it at that point!! Where is the new house?
 
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