[AMC-List] Front Disc Swap on 73 Matador?

[<francis.swygert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Same as the small cars, yes. You can use the small car brakes, and if
it's just a driver I recommend you use 79-83 Concord/Spirit/Pacer
brakes. The calipers are a little narrower, but for normal driving won't
overheat. The Matador kept the "Big Bendix" brakes with the thicker
calipers for better cooling, but the smaller ones are fine on the large
cars. The small car brakes are the same as other manufacturers large car
brakes, and thicker than many new cars -- they are the same on XJ
Cherokees, which weigh about as much as the Mat. They cool much better
than the solid 66-70 discs. You can more easily get parts for the 79-83
small car brakes. Just remember that you need a small car master
cylinder to go with them! The big piston brakes use a bigger piston
master. As you mentioned, big car reman calipers are pretty easy to get
and realatively cheap, it's the rotors that are hard to find and
expensive (over $100 each last time I checked). The 73 should have
Kelsey-Hayes discs on it I believe. They use a different master cylinder
also. 


Date: Tuesday, August 15, 2006 09:51 AM
From: Jesse Grande <j2sax@xxxxxxxxx> 
WHat models interchage with the front brakes on a 73
Mat?  It currently has discs.  Is it as easy as the
swaps on the smaller AMC's?



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