Anyone want a Rear Disc Brake Conversion? P1800/Amazon - Page 5

tdz840 · Jul 15th, 2017, 20:38

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Originally Posted by classicswede

There are some Dana axles in the US that dont use teh taper so removing the weakest point but the axle still aint all that strong. I would say converting the half shafts is only a consideration for a rally car where teh original axle has to be kept.

Whats the options then Dai if you wwnt to move away from tapers? I take it the ES axle is also tapered shaft?
Russ

classicswede · Jul 16th, 2017, 13:41

ES, is not tapered iirc but comes as disk only and they are now rather rare. For certain rally use they are not allowed.

For a road car the 240 axle swap and using the 240 brake conversion kit on the front is a decent swap but does limit wheel choice. The other axle of choice is a modified Ford explorer axle

Derek UK · Jul 16th, 2017, 23:47

Once you have fitted a disc brake rear axle and have added matching front hubs the wheel choice is enormous as it will include all of the 240, 700 and 900 wheels up to the very last 900 wheels when they changed to FWD types. Even those can be used with spacers.
Plenty of style size and width options. The 1800ES often gets fitted with 240 Virgo wheels which suit it well IMO.

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Derek UK VOC Member Last Online: Yesterday 23:46 Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Chatham	Once you have fitted a disc brake rear axle and have added matching front hubs the wheel choice is enormous as it will include all of the 240, 700 and 900 wheels up to the very last 900 wheels when they changed to FWD types. Even those can be used with spacers. Plenty of style size and width options. The 1800ES often gets fitted with 240 Virgo wheels which suit it well IMO.

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