Map67Dart
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As the title suggests, what exactly is the difference between 10" and 11" drum brake hubs? To me it seems like there wouldn't be any practical difference as the bearings would be the same (they go on the same spindle at least) and the bolt patterns would be the same.
Mostly asking because I'm looking at doing a junkyard disc brake upgrade on my Dart. I currently have vintage disc brakes of some variety (I think they might be E body brakes based on the brake lines at least) that work fine, but I'm interested in going to a more modern separate rotor and hub design. I'm working on putting a front wheel speed sensor on for traction control with my computer upgrade and it would be way easier to mess with if I only have a hub to work around instead of a full hub/disc assembly. I found InvincibleExtreme's caliper mounting kit that lets you run late model Mustang rotors and calipers on the stock drum brake hubs, but I need to come up with hubs first before I can do anything. I've seen people advertise 10" and 11" hubs separately, but wasn't sure what was different about them and if I should favor one over the other. The only thing I can imagine being different would be the offset on them, but even then I'm not sure that even makes sense.
Along the lines of difference, any reason I can't put drum brake hubs on disc brake spindles? From everything I can find online it seems like the actual spindles are the same and the knuckle is just different to carry the caliper mounting. The seals and bearings are different because of different ODs to fit in the hub or rotor, but the IDs seem to match up, which would indicate a common spindle at least, unless one is longer than the other or something.
Mostly asking because I'm looking at doing a junkyard disc brake upgrade on my Dart. I currently have vintage disc brakes of some variety (I think they might be E body brakes based on the brake lines at least) that work fine, but I'm interested in going to a more modern separate rotor and hub design. I'm working on putting a front wheel speed sensor on for traction control with my computer upgrade and it would be way easier to mess with if I only have a hub to work around instead of a full hub/disc assembly. I found InvincibleExtreme's caliper mounting kit that lets you run late model Mustang rotors and calipers on the stock drum brake hubs, but I need to come up with hubs first before I can do anything. I've seen people advertise 10" and 11" hubs separately, but wasn't sure what was different about them and if I should favor one over the other. The only thing I can imagine being different would be the offset on them, but even then I'm not sure that even makes sense.
Along the lines of difference, any reason I can't put drum brake hubs on disc brake spindles? From everything I can find online it seems like the actual spindles are the same and the knuckle is just different to carry the caliper mounting. The seals and bearings are different because of different ODs to fit in the hub or rotor, but the IDs seem to match up, which would indicate a common spindle at least, unless one is longer than the other or something.