I've been reading these Budd disc and caliper problems..on this list for some time. I just wanted to chime in finally on this. Now as far as caliper rebuilding there is a place in NJ that does sleeving and restoration of calipers and wheels cylinders. It's a full service restoration shop..I wanna say it's in Parsippany NJ. I can't at the moment come up with the name. (will look for it) Someone wanting to try them out certainly might behoove the whole list. I've seen their work..and was highly impressed. They had a booth at the Auburn collector car auction several years ago I remember and the owner of the shop was handing out brochures. As far as some of you with the thin rotors....I there certainly must be someone out there who can actually copy the dam things. As many custom services there are .....and car builders in the racing industry. Cost a fortune..maybe..maybe not. But never having to worry about it again it might be worth investigating. Will ----- Original Message ----- From: AMX4080@xxxxxxx Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2003 2:49 PM To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: IML: Help with converting from Budd calipers? Hello,
I just signed up for the mailing list this weekend, and can already see it is very active. Looks like this is the place I can get some advice on a problem I have been working on for a while now. While not an Imperial, the problem I am having is with my 1967 Chrysler Newport Town & Country station wagon, which shares the Budd disk brakes with (I'm pretty sure) Imperials and was also an option on 300's.
I am on my second set of calipers, and they have again started to leak. When they work, they work super. But now with the leaking again, the wagon has no brakes. I've seen postings regarding these calipers which state that they work fine if use often. Problem is that this vehicle is occasional use, which means it will sit at least a week between uses sometimes. The pad are getting harder to find, and I'd like to investigate swapping this system with parts from a later model.
My question is: Has anyone performed this conversion? What parts do I need? Will some later Chrysler calipers bolt on or is it more involved so I should be prepared to swap spindles, lower control arms, etc.?
A parts list would be wonderful so I may begin collecting the pieces. Any advice on things that will be a problem would be very much appriciated.
If this posting is innapropriate for the list or has been discussed and posted on line already please let me know. Thanks in advance.
--G
'64 Imperial
'67 Chrysler Newport Town & Country
'67 AMC Marlin
'68 Chrysler New Yorker
'68 Plymouth Barracuda
'68 AMC AMX
'91 Jeep Wrangler Renegade
'98 Jeep Grand Cherokee
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