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shulls1stcj2a 
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 Topic: 11" brake conversion knuckle issuePosted: 14 Apr. 2017 at 7:37pm |
 Can these steering arms swap sides to gain the space for backing plates and the adjust the the rod ends |
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67charger
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Posted: 14 Apr. 2017 at 8:52pm |
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I dont think so, you have the early knuckles like mine. I had cj5 drums i was going to use and found out they wont fit, so i put discs on the front.
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Posted: 15 Apr. 2017 at 1:58am |
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You need to change the knuckles to the later type with the arms cast into the knuckles for the 11 inch break conversion to work. You will also need the caps to go along with them.
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shulls1stcj2a
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Posted: 15 Apr. 2017 at 2:12am |
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Ok so what issues would there be doing the 11" conversion on the rear and redoing the 9" on the front and keeping it original on the front.
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Adrian
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Posted: 15 Apr. 2017 at 2:24am |
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Not really advisable as the front end does a higher percentage of the braking.
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Posted: 15 Apr. 2017 at 3:01am |
Agreed. For breaking stability, the front brakes must have more braking power than the rears. Even the stock 9" brakes are designed with this in mind. You might not have noticed this, but the front wheel cylinders are larger than the rear cylinders on the stock set up. This simple design proportionally increases the front brake power over the rears. |
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Posted: 15 Apr. 2017 at 4:47am |
 Ok so I believe this is what I would need to make it work. Wouldn't you know that I have the passenger side but gave away the driver side to someone who needed it. Lol never thought I would need them. There is a swap meet next week in Petaluma Ca. I hope I might get lucky and find the driver side. |
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