My "$60" disc brake conversion kit parts showed up this week. I dug out what I could find in five minutes of the Skylarks old brake parts. Looking up rotor spec's the Skylark hubs may be a 1/2" too deep =/ So might need new rotor's anyways. I didn't find the combination valve, but didn't look very long either. This project is slated for November so I'm going to get new bearings, seals and brake hoses in that time. As well as one caliper rebuild kit (the other is in the picture). Maybe a master cylinder rebuild kit as well (or just bench test it and I have another on the shelf...).
I'm going to assemble the spindle on the bench and get a feel for the rotor hub issue. Shame, because the rotors are over an inch thick and the min spec is under an inch so they can still be cut smooth. New rotor's on Amazon.com are $41 each...
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The Silver Buick- '77 Skylark coupe w/455, SPX, MegaSquirt 3 & TKO-600 (Drag Week 2011, 2012 & 2015!)
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