disc brake rear end or not?

[83 WB_Ute]

Yeah, I am planning to put WB statesman rear discs on mine at some stage.. I'll pull the shitty 6cyl diff out and put a V8 one in at the same time...

The statesman diffs are wider, but it is easier to get a V8 salisbury (from a ute/van) then get the statesman axles, calipers etc and fit them...

The caliper has to be rotated a bit, otherwise it will foul on the leaf springs.. :( Then you will have to fit the statesman handbrake cables...

You will also need to fit the statesman master cylinder aswell...

Hope that helps..

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Damn it!!! HK beat me to it.. Lol

[HK1837]

Yeah, I am planning to put WB statesman rear discs on mine at some stage.. I'll pull the shitty 6cyl diff out and put a V8 one in at the same time...

The statesman diffs are wider, but it is easier to get a V8 salisbury (from a ute/van) then get the statesman axles, calipers etc and fit them...

The caliper has to be rotated a bit, otherwise it will foul on the leaf springs.. :( Then you will have to fit the statesman handbrake cables...

You will also need to fit the statesman master cylinder aswell...

Hope that helps..

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Damn it!!! HK beat me to it.. Lol

Statesman diffs AREN'T wider, exactly the same width flange to flage as any other HQ-WB diff (disc or drum). Disc brake axles are shorter to allow for the disc thickness.

That is correct about rotating the calipers. Or fit lowering blocks.

You just have to modify the disc/drum cylinder to operate the discs, no need to change the cylinder.

I still reckon the drums are better and lower maintenance than HZ-WB discs.