In this video I attempt to install the Rotors and Calipers on my Mom's 1972 Dodge charger. But I have issues with the brake pads fitting. Join me to see what happened and how to fix it.
Nice video, Jonny. I used to do all my own brake work, but I’ve been writing checks the last few years as time was more scarce. Was enjoyable watching you work, and was a great tutorial for folks that are new to the process. You were very calm and patient during the mis-fit!
This is why OEM mass production improves quality. Issues like that become mandatory TSB's....Technical Service Briefs. "Hundreds of Years from now when your gran kids only have the You Tube clips, they will understand, them's the brakes...".
That’s the world we live in now. And don’t throw any old original parts away. If you didn’t see the spindle video from awhile ago they drilled the freaking holes wrong. Luckily I had a factory spindle for that side and was able to move forward. Threw the new one with wrong holes in the trash.
Good vid Jonny... two things...Ive always packed bearings like that and I have the tool...its just by the time I smash a heap of grease in my palm, I remember!! Also its nice to have brand new hardware while you are putting all this stuff together...I should probably look for something before my next front end job!! Thnaks for sharing, and pointing out that everything passes quality control, when there isnt any!! You got it though!!
I think I would probably use my hands so I don’t have to look for the tool if I had one. Lol. Yeah, tell me about it. It was such a small amount but it was enough to keep it from fitting.
What did your mom's car have before the swap? Every 72 B body I've ever owned had the disc brakes that were just under 11 inch diameter rotor and pin type calipers. Are these Ebay parts a clone of , say 1976 A body calipers, caliper adapters and rotors? These are equal to the orginal ones, minus the benefit of the pin type. Well, to me the pin type is the best and Erlenberger said they same. Or maybe it was the Roadkill guys.
It had drum brakes before. It’s the same as a eBay disc brake conversion kit. And yes, they’re basically 73 and later A body brakes. Most of the parts are from Rock Auto. The spindles and calipers came from eBay. I’ll be doing another video in a week or two on all the part numbers to build your own kit. My other 72 Charger came with disc brakes. Not sure if they’re better or not. I’ve used the A body kits a bunch and have never had issues. I intend to go with the A body style on that Charger too just because the parts are more common and they’re super affordable.
@@JonnyMopar I think the stock 72 disc brakes are good, but the A body spindle give you two choices for rotors, not just one. I think the ultimate is an A body spindle with R body (also some late B body) caliper adapters and just under 12 inch rotors for 15 inch wheels. I prefer pin type calipers, even though the pins have backed off on me from time to time.
Two things I still pack wheel barring the same way you at my shop the Chinese pads I have to modify sometimes on old stuff I have had to sand spindles with emery cloth to mill down to fit the barring on the old stuff one reason is the Chinese are not tough the old standard measuring so they only know metric funny story on that NASA once sent up a satellite for pictures of other planets 🪐 and the program was mixed up with metric and would not communicate they had to figure out a solution almost scraped the project millions of dollars but they finally figured how to fix it
Yeah, I guess on the pad it must have shifted before it was drilled. Shitty quality control. That spindle on the other side being drilled wrong, maybe they did F up the conversion in measurement. I dunno. It was so close but off enough the bolt wouldn’t go through. I think I remember a similar story about a rocket being mixed between metric and inches. I thought it blew up. But not sure.
@@JonnyMopar yes the red box pads you were installing are the bottom line pad raybestos make just short of junk they don’t give many miles here in the north Georgia mountains all of the auto parts companies are targeting a cheap product for the do it your selfer and has left the professional Mechanic with little to no parts. At my business I use the top of the line parts when I can get them unless a customer states that they are dumping the car for trade and just do it as cheap as you can all tv commercial’s you see target do it your self so when a Chinese part fails they don’t have to pay labor to replace junk parts it all starts on Wall Street New York they buy a name like Moog and totally shit can R&D because money 💰 is all they want not Good Parts the Chinese people are full capable of making some quality parts but stock holders will not let them
