Hey guys I am looking at doing a ls brake swap all the way around on my 71 Nova. I know that it is much easier to use 67-69 Camaro drum hubs. My question is if anyone has done this can I use the disc spindle with the drum hub or do i need the drum spindle? I have located the parts I need I just dont want to spend money for the drum spindles if i can use the disc spindles I already have.
Disc Brake and Drum Brake spindles??
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Hey guys I am looking at doing a ls brake swap all the way around on my 71 Nova. I know that it is much easier to use 67-69 Camaro drum hubs. My question is if anyone has done this can I use the disc spindle with the drum hub or do i need the drum spindle? I have located the parts I need I just dont want to spend money for the drum spindles if i can use the disc spindles I already have.
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a factory disc spindle is just a drum spindle with the upper boss cut down farther for the caliper bracket. the bearing and seal surfaces are the same.
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Why would you want to convert to front drums when you already have the front disk brake spindles? Front disks are a much better set-up IMO.
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They are looking to do an LS brake swap....1998-2002 era Camaro front brakes.
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I think I read where you can simply mill the pad down about 5/8 inch. I wonder if you can do this with the spindles still on the car? Are the steering arms any different? I have all the brake hardware, and thought this might speed things up if I just pulled the drum brake stuff off and ground down the mounting pad on the car.
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Use your disc spindles. Just use a spacer on the upper mount with the 5/8" bolt to mount the brake bracket parallel to the rotor. Check your local hardware store for some spacer tubes. My local True Value hardware store has a good selection of spacer tubes that would work. Once you find the correct inside diameter you trim the length to fit.
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