Manny how much for the disc conversion, is it 2 or 4 wheel and who is TSM?
Thanks
>Last Saturday I raised the motorhome and put it on stands.
>Removed all the wheels and stacked them in the shop.
>I will buy new tires before putting them back.
>I have the SS lines from Classic tube that I had ordered with a
>group of others in August. I also have a disc brake kit from TSM of
>Colorado, ordered back in September.
>This was/is supposed to be my winter project.
>On Monday I removed the drums and inner bearings. Also separated the drum
>from the hub to attach the new rotor to the hub.
>The bolts provided by TSM for securing the hub to the rotor were
>1/2" x 13 x 2" but I was only getting about 5/8" of thread mating on the hub.
>The rotor is 3/8" thick, the ring spacer was also 3/8" thick, the hub has a
>shoulder
>about 5/8" deep before the threads. This meant that the bolt would go in 1
>3/8" before starting the thread. On the other end, there was another 3/8" of
>thread showing.
>Another words, I could use 2 3/8" long bolts but since there is no such thing,
>I opted
>for the 2 1/4" long grade 8 bolt. I gave this information back to TSM.
>Tuesday (yesterday) I packed the inner and outer bearings with synthetic
>grease.
>Waiting on inner seals now, ordered from Gateway.
>Removed the old backing plates and mounted the new backing plates, took time
>because I had to buy new bolts because I have accuride.
>I am taking pictures with my new Mavica. Don't know what to do with them yet.
>I will continue to post the work being done and give as much detail.
>
>Manny 73 Custom/ex-Glacier
>
>
Tom & Marg Warner
Vernon Center NY
1976 palmbeach
Thanks
>Last Saturday I raised the motorhome and put it on stands.
>Removed all the wheels and stacked them in the shop.
>I will buy new tires before putting them back.
>I have the SS lines from Classic tube that I had ordered with a
>group of others in August. I also have a disc brake kit from TSM of
>Colorado, ordered back in September.
>This was/is supposed to be my winter project.
>On Monday I removed the drums and inner bearings. Also separated the drum
>from the hub to attach the new rotor to the hub.
>The bolts provided by TSM for securing the hub to the rotor were
>1/2" x 13 x 2" but I was only getting about 5/8" of thread mating on the hub.
>The rotor is 3/8" thick, the ring spacer was also 3/8" thick, the hub has a
>shoulder
>about 5/8" deep before the threads. This meant that the bolt would go in 1
>3/8" before starting the thread. On the other end, there was another 3/8" of
>thread showing.
>Another words, I could use 2 3/8" long bolts but since there is no such thing,
>I opted
>for the 2 1/4" long grade 8 bolt. I gave this information back to TSM.
>Tuesday (yesterday) I packed the inner and outer bearings with synthetic
>grease.
>Waiting on inner seals now, ordered from Gateway.
>Removed the old backing plates and mounted the new backing plates, took time
>because I had to buy new bolts because I have accuride.
>I am taking pictures with my new Mavica. Don't know what to do with them yet.
>I will continue to post the work being done and give as much detail.
>
>Manny 73 Custom/ex-Glacier
>
>
Tom & Marg Warner
Vernon Center NY
1976 palmbeach
