9" disc brake conversion

RRADFORD9ER

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I'm in the process of building up a 9" to swap into the WJ and need a little help determining which parts I need to finish it up. I've got big bearing late style housing ends and the explorer 8.8 disc brake setup. The bolt holes for the brakes are about .15" off when compared to the housing ends, so I'm going to grind the holes out a little to make it fit. I read that you need to get these Bearing Retainer Plates from Currie. But when I was on their site I saw these Spacer Rings too. Do I need both?

Thanks for the help
 
Yes you need the spacer rings. First put on the bearing retainer plate, then the spacer ring, then the wheel bearing (facing the right direction) then the stop block. Just did this about a month ago on my rear 9.

AARON
 
Thanks for the reply. Any reason that these won't work? http://www.currieenterprises.com/cestore/productsRE.aspx?id=3267
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I'm going to have to remove a little bit of material to make them fit the big bearing housing ends and I don't know if these backing plates have enough material to allow that.
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It almost looks like the spacer is already machined into the black retaining plates?????
 
i got the brackets from bluetorch fab for the 1 bolt and cut them to fit then put 3/4 to front chevy calipers on hem it worked great
 
Bringing this back up (new SN)...I finally got around to installing the 9 into the jeep. Now I've got a little wobble in the rotors. Checked the run out with the rotor installed and get .010 on the drivers side and .020 on the pass. side. The wobble is also causing the pads to drag. Removed the rotors and checked the run out on the axle flange itself. About half of the run out is still present. I'm thinking I'll need to find a tapered shim to correct the run out and/or someone with an "on the car" brake lathe to true them up. Am I on the right track? Any other options?

Here's my setup: Ford 9" axle with my Grand Cherokee disc brakes retrofitted. I had to redrill the caliper bracket & grind it flat. I'm using the currie spacer to make up for the width of the caliper bracket and the oem 31 spline 9" shafts.
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This is my first axle build/swap so any help is much appreciated. Learning as I go...
 
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