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Ol' Ron · 03-10-2014, 11:07 AM

For those that used the conversion, are you sure the bearing was flush against the shoulder of the adapter. Probably wouldn' hurt if it didn't. Now that I think of it, I should have honed the inside of the adapter to the Ford spindle size. I tried driving it in with a 3 lb hand sledge and it just didn't want to go more than 1/2 way. ECI should make it the same size as the Ford bearing. I'm still not sure of the seal I bought and will go back to the auto store and check if I have the right one. I've been told the stock grese cap doesn't fit either. OH Well, learn sumpin every day.

03-10-2014, 11:07 AM	#16
Ol' Ron Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Chester Vt Posts: 8,985	Re: Disc brake conversion For those that used the conversion, are you sure the bearing was flush against the shoulder of the adapter. Probably wouldn' hurt if it didn't. Now that I think of it, I should have honed the inside of the adapter to the Ford spindle size. I tried driving it in with a 3 lb hand sledge and it just didn't want to go more than 1/2 way. ECI should make it the same size as the Ford bearing. I'm still not sure of the seal I bought and will go back to the auto store and check if I have the right one. I've been told the stock grese cap doesn't fit either. OH Well, learn sumpin every day.