Been too long since an update, progress has been slow but is starting to pick up.
Got my Baer brake stuff from Travis at AZ Pro Performance when he came to LST and started modifying the McGaughy spindles to accept the Baer discs and 14" rotors.
Rear Pads,
Billet hubs,
Rear calipers and bracketry,
McGaughy 2 1/2" drop spindles
Front caliper and mounting bracket
To fit the calipers on these spindles I had to drill and tap a couple of holes and cut & grind down some spindle material for everything to clear. Nothing like taking a brand new part out of the box and cutting it up.
Top spindle is modified, bottom is as received.
Mounting bracket in place:
Caliper mounted to new spindle
The question was asked by a friend about removing that much material, how strong would the spindle be when you applying the brakes?
This is a pic of the pieces I cut from the new spindle to mount the new caliper. The piece on the left shows the thickness of material in current mounting location, the piece on the right is the original caliper mounting area. I measured the two areas, original is 9mm thick and new mount thickness is 20mm thick. So the thickness is more than double at the new location.
