4 wheel disc conversion (research validation needed)

[64nailhead]

Seville calipers. They have a ratcheting style bracket for the parking brake cable to attach to.

 

[64nailhead]

melloelky

It’s nice to see the yellow El Camino guys looking out for each other

 

[melloelky]

melloelky

It’s nice to see the yellow El Camino guys looking out for each other

everybody thinks it's easy..

 

[scoti]

Seville calipers. They have a ratcheting style bracket for the parking brake cable to attach to.

Do you know if the Caddy-Seville calipers & the S10 calipers are the same set-up? My buddy gave me an S10 set-up years ago that I never got around to using so he got them back. I never really even looked @ the set-up to see if they were diff vs the Seville set-up which was the go-to @ the time (pre-4th GEN f-body).

 

[Streetbu]

S10 setups are not they same, they use the drum in hat style parking brake

 

[RabbitHoleSS]

Those look like the brakes I have for my 8.8 with different brackets. They're copies of 80s Cadillac Seville brakes. Just look up Seville brakes on the forum. There's more then a few who have run them and talked about them here. It's been said they are a mfker to bleed. Thats why I'm using junkyard sn95 brakes on mine.

 

[64nailhead]

Those look like the brakes I have for my 8.8 with different brackets. They're copies of 80s Cadillac Seville brakes. Just look up Seville brakes on the forum. There's more then a few who have run them and talked about them here. It's been said they are a mfker to bleed. Thats why I'm using junkyard sn95 brakes on mine.

I had no issues bleeding them.

 

[bruisedbanana79]

64nailhead thank you for all the replies and info. Just dawned on me last night I have oversize studs in the rear end, 1/2" if memory serves me correct. I reached out to inline this morning to confirm the diameter of the holes in the rotors.

 

[64nailhead]

64nailhead thank you for all the replies and info. Just dawned on me last night I have oversize studs in the rear end, 1/2" if memory serves me correct. I reached out to inline this morning to confirm the diameter of the holes in the rotors.

You can ream them.

Ideally the the rotor is riding on the axle pilot and the bolts holes are only for getting the rotor between the axle and wheel. FWIW, I have 5x4.5" Explorer rotors on the rear of my car and the holes are reamed far enough to use 5x4.75 wheel - they work fine.

You should never have any side load on a wheel stud, or I should say if you do, then you'll probably be seeing your wheel when you don't want to .

 

[bruisedbanana79]

You can ream them.

Ideally the the rotor is riding on the axle pilot and the bolts holes are only for getting the rotor between the axle and wheel. FWIW, I have 5x4.5" Explorer rotors on the rear of my car and the holes are reamed far enough to use 5x4.75 wheel - they work fine.

You should never have any side load on a wheel stud, or I should say if you do, then you'll probably be seeing your wheel when you don't want to .

Very true! I will be placing the order for all of these parts near the end of the week so I can rip into this after my anniversary trip to Prescott this weekend.