Re: [Amc-list] Disc brake swap

["Jim Blair" <carnuck@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

A: The 2wd XJ I got my AW4 from has the car type rotors on it, and I will be 
comparing them with the ones I'm putting on my '82 Spirit (the old ones are 
going onto my trailer so I need only 1 spare tire) I'll also check out the 
mounting brackets for calipers.


From: adh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Sandwich Maker)
Subject: Re: [Amc-list] Disc brake swap
To: amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Message-ID: <200706151649.l5FGnWv12362@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

" From: <mariclairemccall@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
"
" Now that i'm finishing my motor I want to do a disc brake swap
next. My 71 Javelin SST has drum brakes all the way around. Is
there a kit or easy swap to change over to disc brakes? I am
currently running some 14 inch AMC pacer mags on it and the will
go away for some 15 or 16 inch rims (no low rider tires though!)

no kit, but the easy swap is later amc disks.  '74-8 big bendix
are
the most powerful but getting hard to find rotors for; likewise
'77-8
small bendix.  '79-'81 small bendix and '82-up delco [?] share a
relatively easy-to-find rotor; delco calipers were used up to
'89 on
jeeps and in best supply.

you'll want lots from the donor car - master cyl, brake
distribution
block, and complete spindle/knuckles.

there's a mopar rotor - napa #85563 - used '74-'84 in big cars
and
small trucks which uses the same bearings as the big bendix, but
at
11.75" you'd have to mod or fab the caliper brackets [which
might be
easy] as that's almost 1" larger than the amc rotor.  otoh it'd
go
well with your larger wheels...

is your car a 6?  you may want to seek out a spirit amx or
concord
wagon as your disk donor, as they - and a few other models - had
10"
rear drums on the amc15 axle, instead of 9s.  btw these drums
were
used '73-'92 on various amcs and jeeps so again supply is good,
but
on the amc15 only some late '70s - early '80s cars had them.
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