Disk Brakes -grease fitting

[Dennis_MN]

Just a reminder to those who are going to add disk brakes to the front of the pilot house. The lower grease zirc is a straight zirc and cannot be reached because of the location of the caliper. It needs to be changed from a straight zirc to a 45degree zirc. I did this job this afternoon and it would have been a lot easier before I had the backing plate and the caliper in place.

Hope these pictures illustrate the change.

Dennis

[Merle Coggins]

Thanks. I'll try to keep that mental note for when I do mine.

Merle

[greg g]

Good tip maybe put it in the technical section.

[Herr Otto]

New to the forum. Can you tell me what you did to switch to disc brakes?

Thank you,

Otto

[Dennis_MN]

New to the forum. Can you tell me what you did to switch to disc brakes?

Thank you,

Otto

Two things to help answer this question....

1. http://www.rustyhope.com/mopardiscbrakes.html

this fellow makes a kit and provides a parts list for you to buy the rest at Napa.

2. Notice the grey area above this posting area that has a number of tools. One of them is Search. Just type in Disc Brakes to see details of installation.

Other than that technical stuff, its a decision on keeping it stock or using it as a safe driver. I prefered driver and was having a heck of a time keeping them adjusted.

Dennis

Monticello, MN

[olddodgeguy]

I just got the kit from Charlie at rustyhope and it is a really nice one! I would recommend it for anyone wanting to go to disc brakes. Mike

[Olddaddy]

Thanks for the grease zerk tip, I'm going to add it to my instructions. Great idea!

www.rustyhope.com, Mopar disc brake kits, $200 including shipping to lower 48 US addresses.

[grey beard]

There is yet one other grease zerk that many people forgot to hit for many miles on many Pilothouse trucks.If you haven't yet progressed to this point i your restoration, it's not too soon to start. I am talking ahout the grease fitting on the brake pedal pivot eye. It's easy to miss, and judging from all the worn out pedal bushings I've encountered on B model Dodge trucks, it gets missed more than it gets hit.

Good Luck

[Dennis_MN]

There is yet one other grease zerk that many people forgot to hit for many miles on many Pilothouse trucks.If you haven't yet progressed to this point i your restoration, it's not too soon to start. I am talking ahout the grease fitting on the brake pedal pivot eye. It's easy to miss, and judging from all the worn out pedal bushings I've encountered on B model Dodge trucks, it gets missed more than it gets hit.

Good Luck

I have a worn out clutch pedal but I read Daves previous posts on the subject and decided that it would be easier to add a strip of plastic to the floor board to quiet that god awlful squeech when I pushed the clutch in.

(not just once per shift, but twice because of the double clutch requirement with this four speed non-syncro transmission)

So I have a strip of teflon that I drilled a couple of holes in and screwed it to the floor board to hold the clutch pedal away from the metal floor board.

[Young Ed]

Another thing to check with squeaky pedals. I thought my bushing was worn out too. Further inspection revealed that somehow the actual pedal had been bent and was scrapping the floor. Little heat and a pipe wrench and no more scrapping.