79TA01
01-22-2008, 06:45 PM
Ok so I know some people have modified their LS1 brakes to work with their Ford 9 inch rears. I'm just wondering how you were able to bolt the brackets to the rear housing. I opened up the hole in the LS1 bracket to clear the bearing but after I have everything in I cannot tighten the nut on the T-bolts to secure everything. The bearing retainer spaces the bracket out a bit too much I think as there is just not enough space for me to get a wrench in between the parking brake shoes and the axle flange to tighten everything up.
I have a Strange Engineering Ford 9 inch with the larger axle tubes so I have to use t-bolts that go in from the housing side and I can't put the bolts in through the brake side.
Did anyone else have this problem? Are there any other cheap conversions that will work with the 9 inch rear w/chevy housing ends? I'm using C5 calipers up front so wanted something that would work well with them.
I'm thinking about getting some more LS1 brackets and just modifying them to act as the bearing retainer itself. (my local pick a part usually has some LS1 cars) I'll need to mill the groove into the bracket like the bearing retainer has and then open up the bracket into a C shape so I can fit it over the axle without having to go over the bearing. Does this sound ok?
I have a Strange Engineering Ford 9 inch with the larger axle tubes so I have to use t-bolts that go in from the housing side and I can't put the bolts in through the brake side.
Did anyone else have this problem? Are there any other cheap conversions that will work with the 9 inch rear w/chevy housing ends? I'm using C5 calipers up front so wanted something that would work well with them.
I'm thinking about getting some more LS1 brackets and just modifying them to act as the bearing retainer itself. (my local pick a part usually has some LS1 cars) I'll need to mill the groove into the bracket like the bearing retainer has and then open up the bracket into a C shape so I can fit it over the axle without having to go over the bearing. Does this sound ok?