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Re: 59 Disc brake upgrade
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Originally Posted by BlouDon
Anyway, he showed me how I could upgrade the brakes by using 11" Toyota Hilux D4d discs and calipers. This solution requires that the outer circumference of the hub be machined down by 0.5mm or somesuch to allow the disc to slide over the hub and then the only other item that will require a bit of fabrication, is the bracket to mount the calipers. This apparently will also allow me to use the original wheels (very much my desire).
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That would be your best choice with the stock I beam axle.
Readily available local to you parts that have a reasonable cost and a bit of machine work on the rotors that probably won't be that expensive. Saving the information and measurements on the modification on the rotors in your reference file saves trouble later. Along with saving the rotor numbers and original application and the caliper numbers and original application info in the file.
You can do the upgrade from ball bearing to tapered wheel bearings on the wheel bearings if you want to .
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