Hmmm I would love to hear more opinions on that. I know the ball joints are smaller, but have not heard that the spindles were weak
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| Author: | Renato2 [ Thu Sep 12, 2013 1:59 pm ] |
| Post subject: | disc brake kit for my '66 Valiant (SBP, 14" rims) |
| Author: | sandy in BC [ Thu Sep 12, 2013 3:45 pm ] |
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Good story well told! |
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| Author: | 66Dart [ Thu Sep 12, 2013 4:09 pm ] |
| Post subject: | SSBC Experience |
Renato2 That's unfortunate you had that experience with SSBC. My experience with them and their product was just the opposite. I experienced great service and was shipped a complete and operable brake package per their catalog. Attached is the link to my installation. http://www.slantsix.org/forum/viewtopic ... ht=#219008 66Dart |
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| Author: | Renato [ Thu Sep 12, 2013 9:36 pm ] |
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66Dart, It's kind of ironic that you should post to this thread, because I remember reading your post (the one you linked to above) when I was doing my homework on SSBC before I ordered their kit. As I mentioned in the post that begins this thread, I have no beef with their products, its their inventory management and customer service that made for such a lousy experience. Who knows what happened over there. Maybe the folks who now how to runs things took the summer off. Maybe the company has gone to the dogs since 2008. Lord only knows... But after the extremely frustrating experience I had with them, I can't recommend them to anyone. On the other hand, I can and do strongly recommend Scarebird. |
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| Author: | RumDungeon [ Sat Sep 28, 2013 4:16 pm ] |
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Any tips on installing the scarebird stuff? I want to use them for my '66 Dart. Any issues worth mentioning? What was your total cost if you don't mind me asking. Thank you |
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| Author: | Danarchy [ Sat Sep 28, 2013 6:03 pm ] |
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Not dogging Scarebird, but aren't the early drum spindles a weak link? Isn't that a big part of the reason to get the 1973-75 A-Body spindles (+ extra caster, Bigger Upper Ball joints, Heavier-Duty?) One of the 65' cars in the local salvage yards has a broken(driverside) spindle, but only rearend damage ( I guess it could have been slammed into a curb or something?wheels are gone.) |
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| Author: | RumDungeon [ Sat Sep 28, 2013 6:50 pm ] |
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Hmmm I would love to hear more opinions on that. I know the ball joints are smaller, but have not heard that the spindles were weak
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| Author: | kesteb [ Sat Sep 28, 2013 11:01 pm ] |
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Erhnberg has written in some of the Mopar rags, that the 9" spindles are weak. He has also written that F-body spindles won't work either as a subsitute for the A-body disk brake spindles. So people believe him others don`t. |
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| Author: | Renato2 [ Sun Sep 29, 2013 12:20 am ] |
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Nirvana, Here are the costs: Scarebird kit: $475 Master cylinder and booster (The Right Stuff): $232 So that totals $707. The SSBC kit was priced at a bit over $1,100. Here's a link to the Scarebrid kit I got: 1960-72 Dodge, Plymouth "A" body, with 9" drums The mechanic who did the install described the Scarebird kit as "a pleasure to work with" and said that it didn't require any 'shop floor mods' like some more expensive disc brake conversion kits they'd installed in the past. |
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| Author: | Danarchy [ Sun Sep 29, 2013 6:56 am ] |
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 9"(left) 10"(right)  1973-76 Disc Spindle Quote: So people believe him others don`t.
On this one, I believe him, on some of his other rants not so much. 
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| Author: | RumDungeon [ Sun Sep 29, 2013 8:52 am ] |
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Quote: Nirvana,
Thank you very much for all that info!Here are the costs: Scarebird kit: $475 Master cylinder and booster (The Right Stuff): $232 So that totals $707. The SSBC kit was priced at a bit over $1,100. Here's a link to the Scarebrid kit I got: 1960-72 Dodge, Plymouth "A" body, with 9" drums The mechanic who did the install described the Scarebird kit as "a pleasure to work with" and said that it didn't require any 'shop floor mods' like some more expensive disc brake conversion kits they'd installed in the past. Dan, WOW those pictures are an eye opener  Kesteb- I've read an article about the f/m/j spindles where they used computer testing,and deemed them safe, but Ebooger might be right about the 9" spindle being a weak link after seeing Dan's photos. Thank you all for the info,lots of food for thought! I love this site! |
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