Hubs for G2C Conversion

It would seem that no one makes/sells just the hubs for a '70-up Mustang in either drum or disc brake versions without buying the entire drum or disc/hub assembly. --at least, I haven't found anywhere yet that you can get just the '70 hubs alone.

The hubs I bought for development of the G2C Cobra front disc brake conversion brackets for '75-'80 Granada spindles came from a brand new pair of Wagner '70 Mustang front disc brake rotors, I had purchased at O'Reilly's. Nice hubs, but the bad part after you remove the hubs is you end up with two brand new '70 Mustang rotors that are useless.

In searching, I see that you can get '65/'66 hubs by themselves all day long. Luckily, the larger '70-'73 Mustang/'75-80 Granada inner and outer wheel bearings & races will fit the earlier '65/'66 drum brake hubs.

I suppose it would make more sense for me to gear the adapter brackets to work with the '65/'66 hubs, since they can easily be obtained. However, this will force me to redesign the adapter brackets, because the earlier hubs will move the 13" Cobra rotors ¼" more inboard toward the spindle's upright and steering arm. With my current adapter bracket design, 1/4" difference between the hubs is too much for the caliper to align with the rotor, so it will require a bracket that is 1/4" narrower.

'65 Mustang drum brake hub pictured on left. '70 Mustang disc brake hub on right: http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/8107/6570hubs001uy0.jpg

'65 Mustang drum brake hub on '75 Granada spindle: http://img112.imageshack.us/img112/3326/6570hubs003qb6.jpg

'70 Mustang disc brake hub on '75 Granada spindle: http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/5076/6570hubs004rq9.jpg

www.ultrastang.com

bnickel said:

i was afraid you were going to run into that problem. are you going to redesign the bracket or are you at a standstill now?

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Re-designing the bracket shouldn't be any big deal. All the change would require is taking 1/4" of the thickness off from its current design.

I have to work graveyard next week (yuck) starting on Monday. I hope to have some time during the day, before I go in to work, to talk with the guys at the machine shop to discuss this change, and to also get a price on what the brackets would cost if they were made out of steel.