Narrowed 9" Currie rearend now brake caliper hits springs

[whytry]

Wasn't sure where to place this, so here goes. I have a 68 Camaro with a ford 9" bolt in from currie with the ford explorer 11" discs and I have a problem now.....

I had the rearend narrowed 2.5" per side as I would like to run a deeper dish wheel since it will be minitubbed next... But now the caliper where it bolts in hits the rear leafs... Any ideas on how to fix this?
Thx,
Brad

[dontlifttoshift]

Un narrow the rear end.

Buy different brakes, the current SVO brakes use the ebrake on the caliper, not the internal drum parking brake that was awesome. Wilwoods may offer better spring clearance.

Run a 4 link.

Here is the cheapest way. Find a way to reclock the mounting brackets so the it creates the clearance you need.

That's all I can think of right now. I would probably go the wilwood route.

[Matt@BOS]

Maybe try DSE's offset shackles for mini tubbed cars?

Matt

[davidk68]

Offset shackles and relocated spring mounts. You can probably find them used as alot of people are switching to 4-lins and others.

David

[TonyHuntimer]

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Re-drill the mounting holes on the caliper brackets to rotate them on the housing ends. This is the reason Baer Brakes makes multi-pattern caliper brackets. This should not need to be stated...but...If you rotate the calipers, make sure the bleeder is still the highest point of the caliper so you can get a good bleed. Good luck :)

Tony Huntimer
Tony's Speed Shop

[riles]

Offset shackles and relocated spring mounts. You can probably find them used as alot of people are switching to 4-lins and others.

David


Agreed. Since you are mini tubing the vehicle in order to get a larger tire, your options are relocate the springs inside the frame or go with a link setup. The links alone in the original spring position will give you 1.5-2" of tire/wheel space, but will add more costs. To keep it simple and save $$, you could possibly just relocate the front leaf spring mount to inside the frame by switching the mount (original driver side mount will now be the passenger mount and vice-versa). Then figure an offset shackle.
Tony's idea is fine but will not help with the larger tire issue, hitting the spring.

[whytry]

75152

Re-drill the mounting holes on the caliper brackets to rotate them on the housing ends. This is the reason Baer Brakes makes multi-pattern caliper brackets. This should not need to be stated...but...If you rotate the calipers, make sure the bleeder is still the highest point of the caliper so you can get a good bleed. Good luck :)

Tony Huntimer
Tony's Speed Shop
Thx Tony!!! That's a simple and cheap fix!!! Done


Everybody else thx for the ideas too

[whytry]

Got the offset shackles and relocated the perch as well inside a bit!! It's a go!! Thx everybody


Now what are some ideas on wheels to do transport from my house to where its getting minitubbed at? I tried to put my Budniks on and they rub the inner fender well now as I thought they prob would. Any ideas or thoughts on some relatively cheap temp transportation wheels??

[icemanrd19]

are you driving the car to where you are going?

[whytry]

No. Gonna be trailering it. Got an idea for me?

[icemanrd19]

add some washers or nuts on the studs to shim the wheel away from the fender. Sorta acting as a spacer

[riles]

No. Gonna be trailering it. Got an idea for me?


If you're just going to trailer it , you're just looking for roller tires, try a junk yard. Maybe even the 'donut' type spare tire/wheel. Just recently did the same thing and got tires/wheels for $8 a piece. put them curbside for the junk collectors when I was done with them.

[whytry]

Good idea. Anybody know another vehicle that's spare might be a good fit or options if cars? Chevy car 5 lug I know but others??

[riles]

Hey Brad, call a junk yard, they may know the different bolt patterns and may give you options.

[MonzaRacer]

donut spares. As for me I like the S10 disc brake set up.

[whytry]

Boom!!! Got it do be thx all! Camaro spare donuts found at pick n pull from 3rd gen. $12 total!! Now it back on the ground. To minitub next!!!

Can this thread be merged with my build thread??

[whytry]

Hey Admin, can we merge this thread with my existing build thread?? Here....

https://www.pro-touring.com/showthread.php?76847-Project-quot-WhyTry-quot-again

[pollusky]

Hey whytry, i was reading you problem here and maybe you can help me , i have a 67 camaro that im gonna mini tub too soon , what size tires are you running in your camaro, and how long is your currie 9 inch from backing plate to backing plate? I want to put one together but i will eather buy it new or buy one from craigslist , all complete just to cut it and rebuild it, thanks