D44 5x5.5 conversion

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TXtac

Discussion Starter · Feb 22, 2006

I am in the middle of doing a J10 passenger side D44 5x5.5 conversion. I quit working on this Jeep for about 8-10 months while trying to sell my house and move out into the country and I have lost all my notes.

Here is the question.

I have the '79 Ford Rotors and hubs and the Chevy backing plates. So, what calipers should I use?

I found out that the '76 and '79 Chevy brake pads are the same. But the calipers are not. The '79 has a larger piston (or so it seems) than the '76. The '79 calipers also fit tighter to the rotor than the '76 does.

But, the '79 caliper doesn't accept the YJ brake lines. The '76 will. I think the '79 caliper is the way to go, but not sure what to do about the brake lines.

Any suggestions? I am sure there is alot of info in these pages, since this is where I got it all before, but with the search engine being down, I just don't have time to sift through all the pages. And I need to be in the garage instead of on the computer..... if you know what I mean.

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azhayseed

· #17 · Jul 2, 2007

TXtac said:
Alright, I got it figured out.

This is what I did to get my 5x5.5 conversion done on the '92 YJ

'78 or '79 J10 or Waggy D44 passenger side drop.
Chevy Spindles
stock Jeep Knuckle on Driver side, Chevy Flat top on passenger side w/ Parts Mike arm
'79 Ford rotor and hubs ( this is a set at autozone for $24.99 per side)
'76 Chevy 1/2 ton calipers ($14.99 at O'Reilly's or $13.99 at Autozone)
'76 or '79 pads (they are the same pads so you can pull either (Duralast Golds are $33.99 and O'Reilly's has their Premium Wagner pads for $55.99)

I am going to have to figure out what to do about the brake lines. I can use the braided lines I got in the RE Extreme lift kit, but I have to open up the hole a little, or have a custom hose made. I am pretty sure I know what I am doing :grinpimp:

I'm doing this same conversion a 78 waggy front. that is going into my CJ7From what I understand, or at least what I think I understand, I need to replace the jeep spindles with chevy spindles in order to fit ford hubs and rotors? is this because the ford hubs need a bigger spindle than the jeep hub?
and if I remember correctly there is a difference in the number of bolts in the ford hub and the chevy hub. This is the bolts that bolt the spindle to the knuckle. Am I correct?
The axle I'm working on has locking hubs and the wheel hubs look to me to be the same as a chevy hub. I'm just wondering if these may have been changed in some earlier life?
I did buy this axle along with the rear axle out of the same wagoneer the rear axle is offset to the passengers side so I'm thinking this waggy was a quadratrack at some time in it's life but it had a T18 with a d20 or 300 transfercase from what I saw. I'm still working on buying the transmission from the guy. I want that t18 for my CJ.

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