Re: disc brake conversions

Posted by fred kanter On 2011/6/16 6:07:08

To Tom Cole:

Re: Your 3/13 post where you say that disc brake components do not stand up well in storage and have to be replaced often due to that. Also you say that components should be removed and stored in a controlled environment.

All the components on a Disc conversion are regular off the shelf US car parts, except the custom made brackets. If they are prone to deterioration unless removed and stored, then it would follow that whatever car is the source of them would have the same problem. I follow DOT/NHTSA recalls on a casual basis and have never seen a recall or notice about the dangers of storing any disc brake cars. '72 Cutlass?? '71 Mustang?? ''85 Grand Prix??HOses?? Rotors?? Calipers?? Hardware?? Brackets??

In short I just don't believe it, it defies logic and engineering. I have numerous disc brake cars '67-up that I have stored for up to 10 years and never had any trouble.

The major car makers have been producing disc brake cars since 1965 and if there were a problem they would have figured it out in the past 45 years.