msoylemez
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I have been toying with the idea of converting to rear disk brakes (as my rear drums don't really work right now--I've been relying on front brakes pretty much exclusively) and called around and found that Winner's Circle has a pretty easy disc brake conversion kit for about $650ish I think. This set up would force you to fab an ebrake set up, but with a spot caliper from Wilwood or somewhere else, this could be done. Cool.
While I had Dave at Winners Circle on the phone, for curiousity's sake, I asked him about the hardened axles, and he told me that he would definitely recommend double hubs if I went this route. He then proceeded to warn me, however, that sometimes the double hubs have problems mounting on the original axle housing (getting a good seal I guess(?)) and that the axle housing would have to be ground down and that this might then lead to more issues with other parts in proximity and then something else, which led to something else, which then caused something to do something else, etc. Truth be told, I didn't understand all of the issues he told me (this happens to me frequently!) , but I do remember that the upshot was that if you switched to hardened shafts, it could very well lead you down a rat hole.
So, my question is 1) does anyone know what Dave was talking about and 2) is he correct?
Mustafa
While I had Dave at Winners Circle on the phone, for curiousity's sake, I asked him about the hardened axles, and he told me that he would definitely recommend double hubs if I went this route. He then proceeded to warn me, however, that sometimes the double hubs have problems mounting on the original axle housing (getting a good seal I guess(?)) and that the axle housing would have to be ground down and that this might then lead to more issues with other parts in proximity and then something else, which led to something else, which then caused something to do something else, etc. Truth be told, I didn't understand all of the issues he told me (this happens to me frequently!) , but I do remember that the upshot was that if you switched to hardened shafts, it could very well lead you down a rat hole.
So, my question is 1) does anyone know what Dave was talking about and 2) is he correct?
Mustafa