RE: [ihc] Diskologizing

["Ed Sohm" <idaemes@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Jim, 

I was just having the same thoughts, only about David's frustration with
the wheels on his B.  Seems like David had mentioned a street rod look
anyway when he first showed up here.  If David could go with a 14 bolt
rear as Tom suggested and convert his front end to use matching disc
outers by mixing and matching bearings.  He may just get off cheaper and
have better brakes to boot.  

Here is a thought. David's, and Spencer's, front axles probably have
fairly big diameter spindles for solid spindles. Is this why it is hard
to find a different hub that will go on them and still have enough room
for bearings between?  4wd front axles have huge diameter spindles so
the shaft can pass through them. The bearings they may have to buy that
fit their spindle OD and a 4wd hubs ID may be serious overkill for the
application.  Am I thinking too far outside the box? Would the side
loads be too high on a tall bearing like that? Or could the use spacers
as you mentioned.  David would maybe still have a track width issue, but
he would at least have a supported lug bolt pattern and better brakes
once he gets the caliper mounts made up.    

 

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-ihc@domain.elided [mailto:owner-ihc@domain.elided] On Behalf Of
Jim Grammer
Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2004 9:42 AM
To: ihc@domain.elided
Subject: [ihc] Diskologizing


>Date: Wed, 12 May 2004 14:07:03 -0500
>From: Spencer Cordingley <scord@domain.elided>
>Subject: Re: [ihc] brake swap?

>the IH is a 1968 pickup 1200C I believe its a 1/2 ton.

1200 is a '3/4 ton', with a 6 lug wheel bolt pattern. I know of no parts
that will let you disk swap and retain this bolt pattern. If that's not
an
issue, you need a hub/rotor that can be adapted to your spindle, and a
bracket to mount a caliper to the axle bosses that currently mount your
brake backing plates. I've researched hub/rotors off and on for the 1/2
ton
5 on 4.5" wheel bolt pattern and found nothing that's a bolt on. IH used
a
rather unique combination of inner/outer bearing on both the FA-1 and
FA-12
axles. Given the need to run bearing adapters for both the inner and
outer
bearings, there are quite a few hub/rotors that could be made to work.
The
caliper bracket will likely need to be custom made, a GM car or truck
caliper is easiest to use. There are a number of companies that will do
this
stuff, CH Topping, Master Power, SSBC, etc. Take a peek in the back of a
Street Rodder magazine for the selection.

Jim