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rear braking....dug myself into a hole

On my '83 I'm doing a 5 lug swap, now comes down to rear rotors...someone online suggested '90 mpv front rotors with a 3.0. everything checks out besides i have to add a spacer no biggie, and the axle  doesn't fit into the rotor, it's about 1/8 of an inch too wide, i can grind it down, but yeah, i don't really want to. Eric mentioned a few things that might work. I no longer work at the salvage yard, so i do not have my resources like i used to. any help would be good...
'83 Cougar *the never ending project* warmed over 306 v8,c4,8.8 posi with 5 lug conversion
'91 mustang strictly street-in progress
'00 f150 7700-Mean Green: jet stage 1 chip,ported upper intake with 1" spacer,'04 Super Duty intake with injectors,summit racing short tube headers with true 2.5" duals with smithy's glasspacks!

rear braking....dug myself into a hole

Reply #1 –
What axles did you use ?
95 Ranger Splash 2.3
88 Tbird Sport :ies::ies:
5.0 SO, stainless shorty headers, w/ Magnaflow lers. KYB struts, KYB shocks. 5lug conversion from sn95 Mustang, subframe connectors, drilled and slotted rotors, 03 Mach 1 wheels. sequential taillights.140 speedo
 

rear braking....dug myself into a hole

Reply #2 –
I had the same issue with the Stainless Steel Brake Corp kit I used on the rear of my car when it was a four lug.  I took the axles down to a local machine shop with one of the rotors and it took the guy about 30 min and $20 to get it done.  Granted that was over 10 years ago and prices are most likely double or more.  The reason I had a machine shop do it was to take the material off evenly for balance reasons.  Also, I did not trust myself with a grinder on the Moser axles either :hick:

Darren

83 351W TKO'd T-Bird on the bottle


93 331 Mustang Coupe - 368 rwhp