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October 15th, 2009, 08:00 PM
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1968 A-Body Disc Brake Conversion
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I am working on helping my brother change over his 1968 Buick Skylark from front drum brakes to disc brakes. (I know, it's not an Oldsmobile, but I'm told the spindles, etc are the same) I have been looking at different disc brake conversion kits and it looks like none of these kits include the bracket that goes from the tie rod end to the spindle. Is this bracket reusable from the old drum brakes for the disc brakes or is a new bracket required? The bracket I am referring to is circled here:  Thanks for the help!
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October 15th, 2009, 09:01 PM
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If they are designed as a conversion spindle and not factory disk brake spindles then they would have to be able to accept that arm or you wouldn't have any steering.
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October 16th, 2009, 03:07 AM
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Yes, you reuse the old ones.
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October 16th, 2009, 04:00 AM
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Lets call that arm the steering knuckle arm (plane arm?) Are you going with four piston calipers
 or single piston??
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October 16th, 2009, 08:25 AM
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Thanks for the replies! I am looking to convert to the single piston caliper, the kind that is on the 70 cutlass/skylark/etc
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October 16th, 2009, 10:44 AM
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The "bracket" is usually called the steering arm, and it is the same on all 1964-1972 A-body cars. Just reuse the old ones.
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