Ball joint brakes to king pin

shaihulud Custom Title Time!

1,448 posts · joined Nov 2005 · 2 Oct 2011, 10:10 am

#864835

I'm in the process of building a buggy on a 1958 king pin pan.

The brakes need a complete rebuild.

I've fitted a 1970 swing axle gearbox, 4 bolt wheels, to the rear and I want the front wheels to be the same.

Can I fit 4 bolt, ball joint drum brakes to the front easily? I realise that some machining may be necessary.

I also have a set of ball joint disc brakes. Can they, with some machining, be fitted to the king pin front end? Of course I'd prefer the disc bakes.

grumble Son of Jim - Creator of Good

2,672 posts · joined Jun 2008 · 2 Oct 2011, 12:11 pm

#864848

Give Richard a call at V Force,he has a good knowledge and I possibly the parts required.

vwo60 Veteran Volks Folk

2,036 posts · joined Feb 2007 · 3 Oct 2011, 7:09 am

#864943

You will need to have the outside bearing bore machined to a larger size, there is a tappered roller available that will then fit the stub axle, brackets are commercially available to fit the caliper to the link pin stub axle. you will need to fit a dual circut master cylinder and have the conversion approved, this is quite a common conversion.

shaihulud Custom Title Time!

1,448 posts · joined Nov 2005 · 4 Oct 2011, 9:40 am

#865181

Thanks vwo60, That's what I thought I could do. I have the parts, a bracket to support the caliper is readily available and with a little machining it will be done.

hellbugged 48's and straight cuts

5,080 posts · joined Apr 2003 · 4 Oct 2011, 10:04 am

#865183

i have the bearing part numbers if you need