Re: IML: Budd Rotors

["Klebert L. Hall" <swampyankee@xxxxxxx>]

> 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




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