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Posted by 306 fifty (Member # 6749) on :
 
okay so i changed my fornt four lug set up to mark7 five lug set up but it seems like only half the pad is making contact with the disk why is that happening????
also with the rims that i put on it rubbs with the body why could that be happening i would post pics but i dont know how.
 
Posted by JohnB (Member # 969) on :
 
Did you change calipers or just rotors?
 
Posted by 306 fifty (Member # 6749) on :
 
just calipers .the rotors look the same are they?
 
Posted by JohnB (Member # 969) on :
 
One of the following:

-Bad caliper
-Bad caliper pinbolt
-Contaminated brake pads (dirt, grease, oil on them)
-Air in lines or caliper

If you went from 4 to 5 lug and used the 73mm Lincoln Mark7 stuff...you changed both, right?
 
Posted by 306 fifty (Member # 6749) on :
 
i just changed both rotors not the calipers im about to change the calipers today and bleed my brakes see if anything changes. is there a specific way to bleed the brake system? and how hard is it to swap the axels for the mark 7 to the stock 8.8 i have? i dont want to replace the whole rearend because i like the 3.73's i have but i do want the five lug set up in the rear too.
 
Posted by JohnB (Member # 969) on :
 
Ranger axles and drums for the rear.


Most likely one of your caliper pinbolts isn't aligned right or it's bent. If it worked before and you didn't open any brake lines during the install, it should work now.
 
Posted by 306 fifty (Member # 6749) on :
 
is there a reason why i cant use the disk brake setup from the mark 7 rear end and swap to the stock rearend?
 
Posted by JohnB (Member # 969) on :
 
You can use it, but you will not have the same wheel track. They will stick out farther than what you have now.
 
Posted by 306 fifty (Member # 6749) on :
 
so there wont be a problem with the installation of the disk brakes or anything that will have to be bolted to the rearend behind the diskbrakes??

and on another note how you been man it has been a while hows the family doing???? you ever going to come back to fairfield????
 
Posted by ajs91CHPcoupe (Member # 10217) on :
 
if you put the lincoln rear disc in back you will need a bigger master cylinder and adjustable proportioning valve, you might be able to get away with stock booster but i doubt it. and it sounds like your front calipers arent sliding smoothly either lube the pins or replace.
 




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