Disc brake conversion

[uscrichter]

I just went through this situation yesterday when I went to the brake shop to have my '69 rotors turned, but they where to thin to turn, so I went to NAPA to find a good replacement and they only had the single piece rotor vs. the two piece, when we compared it with my original rotor it was dimensionally identical and would have worked fine, but I want to keep everything as original as possible without sacrificing safety and ultimately ordered the two piece unites from HBC, when it comes to judging, safety trumps originality and if you decide to mate a original hub with a new rotor may require balancing, doesn't seem worth the effort IMP.

[hrlyfxdl]

On my continued quest here, can anyone confirm or deny that on 67/68 Camaros with disc brakes up front, that the pins that held the brake pads in at the top were originally steel color, or gold zinc plating color? I see the gold colored ones on different aftermarket websites, but I've ordered a couple different sets and they come steel colored (with a round head actually, so not sure that's even correct as the picture on their sites are actually flat head.

Maybe a picture of an original set possibly? Thanks

[hrlyfxdl]

Well, never got any feedback on the disc brake pad pins, and what the originals looked like (steel vs. zinc plated), so if someone has a picture or information on those please post.

But here are the two disc brake set ups I put together from all assorted OEM parts I was able to obtain, and repop calipers and one piece rotor (chose this route of USA made steel 1 piece versus the 2 piece import steel which I've read at times can be problematic). I wanted to post some pics of how these are assembled for anyone in the future looking for that information (I had a hard time finding some good pics of the entire units assembled). Thanks

[x66 714]

Are you not concerned about the original style rotor?....Joe

[hrlyfxdl]

Hi Joe,
No, on the rotor issue I went with the One Piece (mainly for ease of replacement and it being USA steel versus finding the 2 piece rotor, which all I could find was import steel in these and have read that can be problematic, someone commented on that earlier exact issue they were having). There was a bit of discussion around that and my choice ended up being the one piece rotor.  Thanks

[GMAD_Van Nuys]

Ed Meyer had 2-piece rotors rotors made for the 1969 BOSS 429 as they unique for the car as the spindles were changed in 1970.  Ed also had 2-piece rotors made for the 1969 BOSS 302 and Shelby Mustangs, with 2-piece rotors also available that could be used on 1970 Mustangs.  These rotors were quite reason in price and were available from National Parts Depot and other parts outlets, but sold out some years ago:

http://www.boss302.com/smf/index.php?topic=72122.0

[David K]

I just put on the one piece rotor with the single piston caliper version —-1969 version due to to simplicity. Stopping my 6 banger is not much different than a V8.