Wilwood disc brake question

[dilley340]

I have a Wilwood disc brake kit (including the parking brake) for my Dana 60. I also picked up a Wilwood proportioning valve. All of this is going on my '73 Duster which had the power front disc brakes already. I'm planning on using a manual disc brake master cylinder or a MP piece. My question is about the proportioning valve. Do I eliminate the factory P/V and replace it with the Wilwood P/V to just the rear wheels?

[coolcarz]

The pv that came with the kit should be able to hook up both front and back, you replace the old with the new, you have to have both front and back hooked to same pv, ... well at least with the brake kit i got , I'm replacing the front disc brakes that have the 5x4 wheel pattern, with the 5x4.5 dics brakes, kit has pv to replace the old pv. ......... hope this helps my kit is not a wilwood kit though... should be similar...

coolcarz

[pcb1]

Okay, I have a question. I have wilwood's on the front. There are three bolts that hold on the calipers and are threaded into a nut. Two of theses will only thread in about three threads. The bolts appear to be completely threaded. Also, the calipers are facing front of the disc not the rear. Do I need to worry about them coming apart on me? They seem to work fine, no noises & stop well.

[demon71]

This is what my wilwood brakes look like on my Demon.

[Ausydad]

While installing Wilwood disc's on DusterBob's '73 Space Duster, we had to send the spindles in to a machine shop to have the three holes drilled and tapped for the caliper mounting bracket. And be careful as to which wheels you pick as the Cragars he had rubbed the inside weights on the rear caliper......

[pcb1]

Hey Demon , thanks for the jpeg. It's the other side I'm questioning. Could you send another jpeg of the backside? I'd appreciate it. Oh yeah, no clearence problems with my cragers!

[demon71]

Here is a pic of the backside..
Hope it helps.
Mine bolted on with no problems.

[pcb1]

Hey thanks. How do you keep it so clean? Don't drive it eh? All kiddiing aside, your bolts appear to be threaded thru the nuts all the way. You must have less diameter than I do with the Challenger or longer bolts.

[demon71]

those pis were taken when I first put it together.
car is not finished yet.

[pcb1]

YEP, you won't have any trouble stopping it! Plan to put in a motor?