D90 calipers on Disco1

[wturner]

Do the D90 front calipers require new (longer) bolts or will the old Disco caliper bolts work?

 

[post]

you use the old caliper bolts and you can also use the same hardware too. The pins are barely long enough but still work.

 

[D Chapman]

The pins are barely long enough but still work.

That's not always the case.

 

[marc olivares]

yeah I needed new shit, pins and lines
hope for the best, be prepared for the worst

 

[post]

yeah, I must of lucked out. It took a little bit of work but I was also pretty determined to get those pins to work.

 

[wturner]

I have new pins, just not bolts. I wasn't clear on whether the old bolts will work or not.

Lines? Really? Can a few others chime in about that one...

 

[post]

O'Riley's had the right hard lines I needed for under $10.

 

[wturner]

Do I just ask for D90 lines?

 

[post]

bring in the old line and tell them you need a line with a bubble flare.

 

[Robbie]

bring in the old line and tell them you need a line with a bubble flare.

this. just did this over the weekend after tearing one of the hard lines. got a new line from VatoZone and bent it up to fit. about $10.

or you can reuse your old line and just bend it to fit. you just don't want rebend too much and weaken the line.

 

[D Chapman]

I had good luck bending the stock D1 lines. It was pretty easy, actually.

 

[wturner]

Well good luck and me don't cross paths too often. Good info though, I'll definitely take note.

I don't actually plan to tackle the conversion for a few months, at best. I plan to add a TruTrack and heavy duty CV joints, but I'm not too eager to drop $1700 at the moment. I would like to avoid tearing my front end apart more than once, so I'll wait until I have everything.

 

[marc olivares]

I had good luck bending the stock D1 lines. It was pretty easy, actually.

lol... mine disintegrated in my hands as tried to re-bend. f-n road salt.

 

[ptschram]

lol... mine disintegrated in my hands as tried to re-bend. f-n road salt.

Had it happen to me Saturday with a DII, I was surprised a fairly new truck had such a failure so early.

 

[robertf]

Well good luck and me don't cross paths too often. Good info though, I'll definitely take note.

I don't actually plan to tackle the conversion for a few months, at best. I plan to add a TruTrack and heavy duty CV joints, but I'm not too eager to drop $1700 at the moment. I would like to avoid tearing my front end apart more than once, so I'll wait until I have everything.

you can unbolt the swivels when you do the 3rd member and not have to tear the hubs apart twice