[Ron Sutton]

Originally Posted by SSLance

They do use a rotor that slips over the studs. The caliper mount is more like a brake backing plate than just a mount as it also holds all of the e-brake shoes and springs in place.

It's all very tight back there, I had to rotate the backing plates 180 degrees from normal mounting position to put them forward and down of the housing to get them to clear the frame and it is still very close.

That would be my concern about sending the housing off to have different ends welded onto it, making sure it would all still fit once it came back.

I'd consider switching to a different style of rear caliper if it made a switch to a full floater easier for packaging...if it wasn't too costly and I could keep my same wheels.

Hey Lance,

There a re few options & non-options. Using your current slip brake rotor & Ford Explorer rear calipers is an option. Keeping the parking brake with that package is not an option.

Switching over to different caliper & rotors is a low-cost option, if we do it at the same time. Going with 12.19" rotors & a Superlite 4P calipers is relatively affordable. They only "aw shucks" thing is ... it would be a shame to simply match the braking of the Explorer set-up. For the same cost you could increase the braking force ... but you'd need to increase the front braking force also ... to keep it balanced.