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: 5on5.5 Front 60?

Beast40
10-25-2002, 05:43 AM
Got a '78 ford 60 front, and need to swap it to 5on5.5 to match my rear.

What is needed for the swap?
LAME
10-25-2002, 05:49 AM
http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=11938
onsafari
10-25-2002, 05:54 AM
Originally posted by Beast40
Got a '78 ford 60 front, and need to swap it to 5on5.5 to match my rear.

What is needed for the swap?

Nice find Beast. I thought you were gonna drop a HP44 up front? To you want something that bolts on or something you piece together for the conversion? There are a few companies out there that do it. Dynatrac, Sunray Eng and theres is another one but for the life of me I can't remeber who makes it. Sorry not much help :D
REDDMANIAC
10-25-2002, 06:04 AM
They will machine & redrill them.
John Deere Ranger
10-25-2002, 06:59 AM
http://www.bc4x4.com/tech/2001/hpd60front/
this talks about it and making a pass side High pinion
Jeepmangled87
10-25-2002, 08:26 AM
why not keep it 8 lug? bet its cheaper
Beast40
10-25-2002, 10:40 AM
Originally posted by Jeepmangled87
why not keep it 8 lug? bet its cheaper


Match my rear, its actually not all that expensive to do.
Scout Dude
10-25-2002, 11:06 AM
From the BC4x4 site:
I had a bit of a problem fitting stock chevy single piston calipers as the large piston was hitting the knuckle. I found that a Howe Twin piston caliper used the same mounting as the stock chevy but the twin piston was 1/4" smaller in the piston area. With a small amount of grinding on the knuckle this fit perfectly. Also they have a slightly greater braking power than a stock single piston and have a better feel to them.

I noticed the same thing when I was putting my 60 together. However, he mentions that they had to grind a small amount. This is on a knuckle that is already weaker in this area than a Chevy & is prone to breakage when used hard. My advice is to find an even smaller 4 piston caliper or something.
Mike Knorr
10-25-2002, 11:19 AM
The grinding of the knuckle amounts to nothing more than removing the casting flash from the knuckle and smoothing it up a little. If you space your calipers a little further out than I did you should be able to skip grinding. I actually spaced mine about a 1/4" inboard towards the centerline to far. They work fine but if I would have left them out that little bit I could have skipped the grinding and proable could have kept a stock caliper.

Mike "The guy that writes that crap on bc4x4.com" Knorr