1967 Dodge Truck Brakes - Dodgeing Disaster!

We turned them down from 6.285 to 6.145 inches and that got a perfect fit inside the rotors.

Now you can go ahead and clean yours up, install some new bearings and seals, and get them ready for installation.

I mocked the Scarebird brackets up on the spindle to check the lower bolt alignment. According to the instructions, the Dodge spindles have some variances in the lower hole size and the brackets may need to be drilled larger to match the spindle.

I had to open my caliper brackets up to 5/8 inch. Again, you may need the help of your local machine shop.

The caliper cutout on the brackets faces toward the rear of the truck. With new bearings and races installed, the revamped factory hubs are reunited with the spindles (which should have kingpins inspected and replaced by now if necessary).

For alignment purposes, you can hold the new brake rotor in place on the hub with a lug nut while mounting the calipers.

The Raybestos calipers I bought came fully loaded with pads, sliders, mounting bolts, and crush washers for the brake line banjo bolt. Here they are mounted up; just have to run the brake flex lines now (notice the old ones still intact).

Here's the new brake line. The frame end looks just like the stock one, but obviously the spindle end is way different. They require a banjo bolt and a couple of crush washers to attach to the caliper. My crush washers came with the calipers, so I went to the help section of my local auto parts store and got two #13940 banjo bolts.

With the axle portion of the job done, you can see how the newly adapted disc brakes don't cause any clearance issues with the aftermarket wheels (something that needs to be determined long before the drums ever come off!).