> From: "Frederick Joslin" <fljoslin@xxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: IML: Budd rotors > > Further review of the 1969 Chrysler/Imperial service manual implies that > the Budd brakes for 1969 were exclusive to Imperial and that Chryslers > only got the Kelsey Hayes system. At some point the during the model year > Imperial switched over to Kelsey Hayes. > > What were the differences between the Imperial and Chrysler Kelsey Hayes > set-ups in 1969? Were the rotors the same? How about the hubs and > calipers. > > Were the spindles actually different? Could you retro-fit a 1969 Kelsey > Hayes set-up onto a 1969 Budd spindle. Some of these may be dumb > questions, but I don't think that it hurts to ask them. Everything was different. The Kelsey-Hayes discs were floating-caliper, and the Budds are fixed You have to change out everything from the knuckle on down to convert. Not a simple job. -Kle. '69 Crown 4DHT ----------------- http://www.imperialclub.com ----------------- This message was sent to you by the Imperial Mailing List. Please reply to mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and your response will be shared with everyone. Private messages (and attachments) for the Administrators should be sent to webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To UN-SUBSCRIBE, go to http://imperialclub.com/unsubscribe.htm