az chip wrote:MJMadness wrote:That kit uses K-20 rotors and they're 8 lug. I'm assuming your J10 is 6 lug.
You will also not have any provisions for a parking brake/ebrake with that kit, unless you buy the expensive Eldorado calipers.
I'd put Isuzu brakes on it. But apparently I'm a weirdo.
Why are you a weirdo? Because you are weird or use Isuzu brakes?
Both?
Grand_Wag_85 wrote:Yes, 6 lug for WT Cherokee.
How expensive are the ElDorado calipers? Any idea what 6 lug rotors might work?
Tell me about these Isuzu brakes, haven't heard about them yet.
Last I checked the Eldorado calipers were expensive, but looking at them right now is seems you can get them for about $100 per side but they're missing the ebrake arm. I'm not sure if they're definitely the right ones, but it should be a '78 ElDorado, unless my memory is fried.
I do not know of a 6 lug rotor that is the right width for the GM calipers. But, perhaps a front rotor off a Wagoneer would be? It's not something I ever thought of.
Isuzu stuff is 6 lug, but I actually used Explorer rotors when I did it because it was going in a Comanche (5x4.5 pattern). It could as easily have been done with the Isuzu rotor on a 6 lug axle.
These are 1990 Trooper calipers off their corporate 12 bolt axle (which is actually a really good axle). 90-whatever Explorer rotors, you do have to grind the lip on the inside of them or it fouls on the caliper. But like I said, the Trooper is a 6 lug normally, you can just use those rotors.
You could also look at newer Isuzu stuff. They ran a disk brake D44 when they went away from their (better) corporate 12 bolt axle, so there's a chance it would be fairly plug and play. There's some info on Pirate about that axle, but I've never dealt with one.