Re: [Amc-list] American Parts Depot (Armand Eshleman)

[adh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Sandwich Maker)]

" From: "John Eckersley" <john.eckersley@xxxxxxxxx>
" 
" 
" 
" I was considering whether there might be a better option than
" resleeved calipers (not least because I have to ship the old ones to
" the USA and that ain't cheap) - I hear the later single pot setup is
" more reliable but I have been told the spindles and other fittings
" need changing.  I was wondering if there are any "performance"
" calipers (wilwood, brembo, whatever) that would fit in place of the 4
" pot bendix ones.

the later designs got progressively more reliable and trouble free,
though the strongest are probably the '74-8 'big bendix', with the
largest calipers, pads, and rotors.  these calipers were also used by
ford, on cars and trucks up to 6900 lb f-250s.

'74-8 bendix - big and small - used different wheel bearings from all
other amcs, so you have to use their spindles in the swap*.  as for the
others - we usually swipe the conversion parts from a junk car, and
since you have to take the spindles off to get the caliper brackets
it's just as easy to take them too and be assured the whole system
fits.  i'm not positive the spindles are any different, but i also
don't know anyone who's made the comparison.  it wouldn't surprise me
to find they're the same.

best for parts availability is the '82-3 delco setup.  rotors are
amc-only, but the calipers were also used on the popular jeep xj and
yj up through '89.

* the only difference i can find between '77-8 and '79-'81 -small-
bendix is the spindle and matching rotor.  i believe you could switch
to the easier to find '79-'83 rotor by swapping spindles.
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