76 maverick spindles on a 69?

[75 mustang II]

Was at the recking yard ,looking for a granada for disc brakes on my 69.The guy that owns the place said that Mavericks were the same.After checking one out the maverick is a 5 bolt and it looks like the ball joints are the same.From what I could tell it looks like it will bolt on.Anyone ever try this swap? 75 mustang II

 

[havack]

The yard man speaks with wisdom. If the granada will fit then so will the maverick. My 66 is running Maverick spindles right now.

 

[65ShelbyClone]

Yeah, it's amazing to me that someone at a junkyard knew that. The people that work at JYs around here can't even speak English, let alone give you info on anything. The exceptions are the old timey yards, but alot of them are dirtbags.

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Mavericks are one of the other more desirable candidates for a disk brake swap.

 

[75 mustang II]

Havack,Thanks for the replie.I bought the setup and will start changing over in a couple days.How do you like the setup on your 66?The car Im getting them from is a manual disc setup.I did a manual disc swap on my 69 charger and it stops great. 75 mustangII

 

[CarFreakGT]

Pardon my ignorance, I'm new to classics. What year Mavericks and Granadas will fit? Any other good disc set-ups that will bolt on. I have a 68 coupe. It's not an immediate mod that I'm looking to make, but I can be looking in the meantime and maybe I'll come across something. Thanks in advance.

 

[75 mustang II]

65 Shelbyclone,We must of been typing at the same time.Im in northwest P.A and the yards around here are preaty good.They all tell you the same thing If they would have known years ago,they would have saved alot of the muscle cars.There is a maverick there that was a factory 302 auto on the floor.Didnt see to many made with that combo.Just a plane jane looking maverick. 75mustangII

 

[degins]

Pardon my ignorance, I'm new to classics. What year Mavericks and Granadas will fit? Any other good disc set-ups that will bolt on. I have a 68 coupe. It's not an immediate mod that I'm looking to make, but I can be looking in the meantime and maybe I'll come across something. Thanks in advance.

74-77 Maverick/Comet and 75-80 Granada/Monarch. Get the spindles and proportioning valve. The calipers are good only as cores ($1-$5) and the rotors are likely trash. Be sure that the pins (the axle stub) isn't spun or corroded. If the wheels were off the donor, then the shields are likely trashed from sitting on the ground and the pins are probably corroded.

Pay attention to torque specs on reassembly and you will have a safe and effective set of brakes. I have a basic install guide posted to my website. See the menu frame on my catalog page.

 

[havack]

I have yet to put the 66 to the road but the install was just what you would expect to do. I was replacing all the brakelines so I was able to run them as I needed for the Maverick. My advise is make sure you get everything, like the mounting pins and various bolts. makes it easier. The only mod was trimming the turning stops. The only downside is you can't run factory mustang rims. The center hole is too small for the Maverick stuff. BTW the calipers were about $12 new from autozone with no core charge, so go new.

http://www.broncodata.com/pm_brakes.htm

 

[yeloxr7]

You can have about 1/8" of the outer diameter of the bearing snout on the Granada rotors removed at a good machine shop. I had this done at the same time I had the rotors surfaced. Cost about $30.00 altogether.

 

[75 mustang II]

Havack,Glad to hear the parts are reasonable and still available.Not sure if the rims I have will be a problem or not.Need to fix the wifes van ,the kids bike tire,and the four wheeler.etc