Ford HP 60 Brake Questions

TheGriz

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So... I'm rebuilding a Ford HP60.

Details:
- Cromo Axles
- 300M Longfield Joints
- Lockright
- 5.13 gears
- New Ford dual Piston Calipers, pads
- New bearings, races, and seals in the spindle

Couple questions:

How does this caliper mount to the bracket. I've got a box of mounting hardware... but still have some questions. Has anyone seen an exploded diagram or got FSM instructions?

What size is that brake line fitting???????? I was planning to run -3 AN Flex line to the caliper, and I need an adapter.

Any help would be super!
 
the caliper slides on using the spacers / wedges provided and a bolt goes in at the bottom to hold it all in place. pretty simple after you see how it works you will laugh about it.
 
Ok... things weren't adding up. I either had the wrong caliper (but they looked like my cores) or something was missing. I made a run up to NAPA and bought part 82188A (Disc BRK HD AXLE KIT) for $25.
I found that there was a "spacer-thing" missing from my setup (the brakes were unassembled when I picked up the axle, hence I don't know how it goes together).
I'm still lost! I hope I'll laugh when I figure this out, cause it has me stumped.
I finally figured out how the caliper goes on... The adapter piece locks the caliper from rotating foreward or backward. Now how does the caliper stop from sliding left or right? and how do I use this clip and other "thingie"
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This is the adapter...
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These are what's left...
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snappy said:
The rotor and the bolt on top keeps it from going left to right.
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I see what you're saying about the rotor holding it from moving L or R.

Any advice on the clip and extra wedge piece? Are these used with the pads then?

I know these are noob questions, but I've never seen a caliper like this!
 
here is a pic of a rustly caliper with the clip the hold the shoes in place.
 

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this is where the metal spacer spring goes. You will also have to remove the broken bolt that holds the caliper retainer in. You may have enough to get a pair of vise grips on and heat the bracket real well and back out the bolt.
 

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TheGriz said:
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where is the bolt at ? looks like the original might be broke off in there. in this pic look at your new part. there are two cutouts . a bolt goes in one of those. you have to use the correct bolt for this. napa sells it seperately from the kit.
 
oooops !!!!! 89wrangler beat me to the punch about the broken bolt.
 
yep....take that little metal band and pair it up with the steel wedge thingy and then tap it in between the caliper and caliper bracket to snug things up. the metal band goes on top of the steel wedge between that and the caliper just as you see in the picture above.
 
Once you get the broken piece of bolt out, just go down to napa and ask for caliper hold down bolts for whatever your axle came out of. Those bolts dont acutally clamp the wedge in place, they bottom out on the bottom of the bolt head (its kind of tapered under the head, youlll see when you get a new one) and keep the wedge from moving. They are also covered in locktight.

I usually inspect the bolts every time I have them apart because I have seen them stretch from over tightening so I usually replace them about every 3-4 time I take the caliper off. The bolts are like 4-5 dollars for 2 at my wholesale cost from the local napa.

The wavy spring thing holds the pads on the caliper.
 
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