And the saga continues... I am mid-stride in a front and rear disc conversion, and I have hit a snag. I am adding FJ60 knuckles and associated h/w to the front, and am doin' the Eldorado disc rear. I did some searching and found that Front Range Off-road Fabrication (FROF) sells a full floater/rear disc conversion kit. It perplexes me that I can only find one report (by FROF) on the "walking axle", and question FROF's claim (sorry FROF bubbas, just curious). I have otherwise never even stumbled upon a subnote in the most random and remote rear disc conversion swap tech article (GM or otherwise). I am curious what you GM rear disc guys have to say specifically. I wonder also:
Is the disc setup any more maintenance with semi vs. full float, or are the pads wearing similarly? (Dudes who had both...)
Isn't the semi disc setup just as good at retaining the axle as the c-clip?
*I understand that the axle would slide out in a semi with drums, but it can't in the semi w/discs, though you must replace the axle there on the spot (or darn near)*
There may or may not be a thread out there that covers it. But if not, let's get some posts here to solve the mystery! (Or atleast link the thread.)
Thanks
In the words of a great man, "Relax. Don't worry. "
Is the disc setup any more maintenance with semi vs. full float, or are the pads wearing similarly? (Dudes who had both...)
Isn't the semi disc setup just as good at retaining the axle as the c-clip?
*I understand that the axle would slide out in a semi with drums, but it can't in the semi w/discs, though you must replace the axle there on the spot (or darn near)*
There may or may not be a thread out there that covers it. But if not, let's get some posts here to solve the mystery! (Or atleast link the thread.)
Thanks
In the words of a great man, "Relax. Don't worry. "
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