Front Brake Question

Hurley

Hurley

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So I was planning on doing a disc swap on my rear axle (7.5). I began to gather parts, but then I decided not to do the swap. My question is, am I able to use the rotors I bought for the swap to replace my front rotors? I know the ones I bought for the swap are 10.5 inch rotors. Anyone got a rotors laying around that they can take a pic of and measure for me?
 
Get on rockauto or advance auto's website and look at the part numbers. That will tell you if they're interchangable or not. As far as getting better brakes you can always slap the ford 8.8 backing plates on a 7.5 axle. They bolt right on
 
im going to have my entire 10" break set up for sale in a few days, if you want better brakes for the rear,

as for your rotor question, make sure you measure the depth that the rotor sinks in where it sits on the axle, also if the front hub is bigger than the rotor inside also
 
Hurley said:
So I was planning on doing a disc swap on my rear axle (7.5). I began to gather parts, but then I decided not to do the swap. My question is, am I able to use the rotors I bought for the swap to replace my front rotors? I know the ones I bought for the swap are 10.5 inch rotors. Anyone got a rotors laying around that they can take a pic of and measure for me?
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No.






And why would you NOT want discs in the back??? Stang brakes I assume? If so, GOOD choice.
 
I never got around to getting the rest of the parts and I figure it would cost about as much as an 8.8 swap so why keep my stock axle and spend money on brakes when I can do an axle swap and have discs
 
Hurley said:
I never got around to getting the rest of the parts and I figure it would cost about as much as an 8.8 swap so why keep my stock axle and spend money on brakes when I can do an axle swap and have discs
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I know nothing of your truck's build or it's use, but a 7.5 is just fine for a DD and if you want discs, swapping an explorer axle in is a gross excessive if all you're wanting is discs. Work involved outweighs advantages. Especially for easibility of maintenance of expos. IE: Expo brakes are a WHORE. lol.

If I could go back, I'd design caliper brackets for 'stang Cobra rotors and calipers for my 31sp Ranger axle. Instead I cheaped out for the pain in the neck Expo setup. I still don't have an p-brake.
 
Well I would also like to re gear to 4:10s as well so if I found one with 4:10s then I would only need to re gear the front, saving me some cash. And I would also like to find one with l/s then I think it would be worth it.
 
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