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10.25 rear disc brake conversion

From 1990 Ford F-250 “Creampuff”, documented by Kingfish999.

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1990 Ford F-250 - Rear disc brake conversion on a 10.25 Full Floating axle. i got the kit from Ruffstuff for a good price. 1990 Ford F-250 - chock front tires and jack up and remove tire 1990 Ford F-250 - remove the drum. this can be tricky. if it wobbles but cant come off then you need to loosen the self adjuster from the back access hole wi… 1990 Ford F-250 - found this broken spring and was the reason i had a bad noise in the drums. i figured why put money into fixing drums when im doing disc an… 1990 Ford F-250 - number one: make sure you have enough room to slide the axle shaft out. i made that mystake on the passenger side and had to reassembly eve… 1990 Ford F-250 - to remove the hub you need to have a 4-point spindle nut tool. this is the cheapest one i could find. i am not sure if the 4-point spindle… 1990 Ford F-250 - take off the spindle nut and then you can pull the entire hub off. the spindle seal will be abit stuck to the spindle, just pry it off 1990 Ford F-250 - take off the 4 bolts holding the brake backing plate off. disconnect the brake line. the backing plat should come off pretty easy be prepar… 1990 Ford F-250 - i bolted on the new caliper mounting plate to mock everything up 1990 Ford F-250 - i went ahead and painted the brackets 1990 Ford F-250 - i mocked up the hub and tightened the spindle nut to be snug 1990 Ford F-250 - mounted the new rotor on and used a couple lug nuts to hold it tight 1990 Ford F-250 - this is how much of a shim i used betweent he axle mounting and the caliper bracket. i could probably of used less. i did need longer bolts… 1990 Ford F-250 - in the instructions it claims that some axles may need the caliper bracket shimmed away from the rotor. mine is one of those. you will be a… 1990 Ford F-250 - issue i found is that i cant get the upper caliper pin in or out easily because of the leaf spring. i debated keeping the bracket like this… 1990 Ford F-250 - this is the brakes completely mocked up note that as the pads wear, the caliper will slide inward. when shimming the axle keep in mind that… 1990 Ford F-250 - i mounted the bracket lower. it will be harder to bleed the brakes but i can take the caliper off and on easier. i shouldnt need to bleed t… 1990 Ford F-250 - i went ahead and replaced the wheel bearings and seals. then i did final install. tighten the spindle nut to 55-65 ft-lb while rotating hub… 1990 Ford F-250 - do the same to the other side 1990 Ford F-250 - i made a new pair of brake lines. driver side is going to be very short. the passenger side i formed to be line the original but shorter. s… 1990 Ford F-250 - passenger side brake line 1990 Ford F-250 - i added a Wilwood 260-8419 brake proportioning valve. along the frame on the brake line. this is used to adjust the brake pressure on the r…