Front Drum to Disc Brake Conversion I removed the 4 lug front drums and replaced with Scarebird brackets, Cavalier calipers, Stanza rotors, and El Doroado hoses. Now I stop much better!

4 lug Drum Old drum pads Spindle and backing plate Hub and rotor assembly removed I tried to drill out the studs - no luck. A machine shop replaced the studs and lathed the hub edges Hub fits perfectly inside the Nissan Stanza rotors The Scarebird disk mounting plate fit perfectly New front brake line hoses were installed from an El Dorado I installed the hose like this (wrong...) I should have installed like the (offset close to fitting) Soaking the new bearing seal in oil before installation Hub and rotor placed on spindle with inner bearing (not seen) Outer bearing, nut, holder, pin, and grease cap installed Rotor cleaned with solvent (no more fingerprints) Calipers installed Calipers hit the rim - see tan streak on left Tan streaks visible on caliper where it scraped the wheel Another view of the streaks I then discovered I had 2 sets of 14" rims... The one with a 3.75" offset rubbed on the calipers The one that rubbed was 3.75" from mounting surface to inner edge The one with the 3" offset fit with no problems 3 inches from the mounting surface to the outer edge Bending the tangs on the calipers (I removed them and used a hammer) Larger chamber (next to firewall) is for front discs-small one for rear drums Bench bleeding the dual master cylinder from 74 Maverick (Disc/Drum) Master cylinder mounted Master Cylinder and new brake lines Leak at the caliper- the offest faced the wrong way preventing seal Used Dremel grinder to remove extra material off the shoulder Now we are dry and ready to bleed! Another happy ending- Thanks Dewey!