Help with converting from Budd calipers?
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Help with converting from Budd calipers?



Drain system and flush then go to synthetic brake
fluid. Works on the street rod  RC ps check for
compatability.


  --- AMX4080@xxxxxxx wrote: > Hello,
>    I just signed up for the mailing list this
> weekend, and can already see it is very active. 
> Looks like this is the place I can get some advice
> on a problem I have been working on for a while now.
>  While not an Imperial, the problem I am having is
> with my 1967 Chrysler Newport Town & Country station
> wagon, which shares the Budd disk brakes with (I'm
> pretty sure) Imperials and was also an option on
> 300's.
>    I am on my second set of calipers, and they have
> again started to leak.  When they work, they work
> super.  But now with the leaking again, the wagon
> has no brakes.  I've seen postings regarding these
> calipers which state that they work fine if use
> often.  Problem is that this vehicle is occasional
> use, which means it will sit at least a week between
> uses sometimes.  The pad are getting harder to find,
> and I'd like to investigate swapping this system
> with parts from a later model.
>    My question is: Has anyone performed this
> conversion?  What parts do I need?  Will some later
> Chrysler calipers bolt on or is it more involved so
> I should be prepared to swap spindles, lower control
> arms, etc.?
>    A parts list would be wonderful so I may begin
> collecting the pieces.  Any advice on things that
> will be a problem would be very much appriciated.
>    If this posting is innapropriate for the list or
> has been discussed and posted on line already please
> let me know.  Thanks in advance.
>    --G
>    '64 Imperial
>    '67 Chrysler Newport Town & Country
>    '67 AMC Marlin
>    '68 Chrysler New Yorker
>    '68 Plymouth Barracuda
>    '68 AMC AMX
>    '91 Jeep Wrangler Renegade
>    '98 Jeep Grand Cherokee
> 
> 
> 


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