My cousin has Steve's rear kit on her 64 1/2 we had custom hydraulic lines made for both front and rear brakes.

It is the Versaille rear end.
The washers were used to protect from scratching. My OCD kicks in like that.
If I don't use the Cobra specific brake lines, is there a better option. If all the need to do is clamp on, I can look at that. 

Mochaman wrote:

Has anyone used a Plasma torch to cut off the retaining ring from the wheel bearings? Will it work without desroying the axle?

I wouldn't do that, not saying it wouldn't work but I always use an angle grinder with a cutting disc and then a hammer and a chisel to get the retaining ring and old bearing off.


 

If your rear end has the 3/8" T bolts, it will typically have the bolt pattern horizontal and not tilted like the Versailles pattern, which is rotated on the housing.  The COBRA-RLG brackets have a 3/8" set of holes with a rotated pattern that should match your bolt pattern.  The caliper goes behind the axle and should be angled up slightly, so if you are looking at the driver side, the caliper will reside at about the 2:00 Oclock position, assuming your bolt pattern is horizontal..

Mochaman wrote:

Has anyone used a Plasma torch to cut off the retaining ring from the wheel bearings? Will it work without desroying the axle?

I just removed the bearings and retainers from my Lincoln Versailles to do MS's GT brake swap.  As you have discovered, there is not enough room to use a bearing separator due to the LV's bearing retainer/caliper bracket.  Instead, I just drilled a hole into the retainer with a diameter about 3/4 the width of the retainer, about 3/4 the way through.  Then I put a chisel across the hole and gave it a smack and the retainer split on the first try.  I used the LV's bearing retainer/caliper bracket to press off the bearing.

BTW - have you seen MS's other post about his problem getting the pinion angle right with the LV?  Is that something you're looking at as well?  I'm not quite there yet, myself.
 

Last edited by jkordzi (5/06/2014 1:32 PM)

Brackets went on like a charm.

Mochaman wrote:

Jkordzi I had never thought of drilling the retainer. I used a angle grinder with a thin metal blade and a chisel. As far as pinion issue, I have a Fatman front end kit on my car.
 

Well it's good you got it off, but I guess I'm not understanding your reference to your front end setup.  I was referring to MS's issue in getting the pinion angle on his Lincoln Versailles setup properly and was wondering if you had looked into that.
 

Mochaman…here’s your rear brakes.

When replacing that caliper, if you need the passenger side, you need a Left side cobra caliper. I switched them side-to-side on the Cobra conversion. (and all the other rear disc conversions, as well)

Hmmmm
Maybe that only came about with the 2005 and later versions. If bleeders are at the top and calipers are mounted to the rear of the axle you are good.
A good pic would help