8 lug disc conversion

Destabilized1887

Destabilized1887

Knuckle Buster
Dec 29, 2021
4
united states
First Name
Jackson
Willys Model
  1. Wagon
  2. Pickup
Willys Year:
  1. 1953
  2. 1956
  3. 1961
Hi all,
I have a 1956 pickup V8 swapped with the stock front axle and the timken rear.
The problem is the hubs are 8 lug not 5, all the disk conversions online are for 5, does anyone know of a kit or a disk that would fit with the kits on kaiser willys.
Or would I have better luck getting new f250 parts and custom fabricating my own mounts for the calipers.
 
Destabilized1887 said:
Hi all,
I have a 1956 pickup V8 swapped with the stock front axle and the timken rear.
The problem is the hubs are 8 lug not 5, all the disk conversions online are for 5, does anyone know of a kit or a disk that would fit with the kits on kaiser willys.
Or would I have better luck getting new f250 parts and custom fabricating my own mounts for the calipers.
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As @KLankford wrote, someone already swapped 8 lug drums onto your stock axles. I would be interested to know how that was done.
I think for your disc brake conversion, it would be beneficial to know which truck manufacturer's drums are currently on your truck. If Ford, then go F250 like @cptlogger wrote.

Buuut, 8 lug was usually on 3/4 and 1 ton trucks. Anything from the 60's onward would have ginormous drum brakes. Have you considered rebuilding those drum brakes?
 
Stakebed said:
As @KLankford wrote, someone already swapped 8 lug drums onto your stock axles. I would be interested to know how that was done.
I think for your disc brake conversion, it would be beneficial to know which truck manufacturer's drums are currently on your truck. If Ford, then go F250 like @cptlogger wrote.

Buuut, 8 lug was usually on 3/4 and 1 ton trucks. Anything from the 60's onward would have ginormous drum brakes. Have you considered rebuilding those drum brakes?
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I'd like to see that one also. Are there any pics available?
 
Stakebed said:
As @KLankford wrote, someone already swapped 8 lug drums onto your stock axles. I would be interested to know how that was done.
I think for your disc brake conversion, it would be beneficial to know which truck manufacturer's drums are currently on your truck. If Ford, then go F250 like @cptlogger wrote.

Buuut, 8 lug was usually on 3/4 and 1 ton trucks. Anything from the 60's onward would have ginormous drum brakes. Have you considered rebuilding those drum brakes?
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I have rebuilt the drum brakes but I could never get them to work just right, I figured when they need to be replaced again I'm just swapping to disc because it's easier and will actually stop the truck.
The rear has 11in drums I used Ford parts to rebuild as they looked like the best fit and I thought the rear axle was a Ford clamshell.

I'm probably going to use newer truck parts, I just used f250 as an example because I use those parts to replace old broken ones on other projects
 
KLankford said:
I don’t believe any 8 home patterns were on the pickups (prior to the old j series truck).
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You're right I have no idea when or how they were modified to be 8 lug, it's a 56 truck and the earliest pictures I have are in the early 60s with the 8 lug hubs.
 
That rear axle looks like some kind of full floater set up. Neither the front or the rear wheels seem to be a snug fit on the hub. It may be the camera angle. If the wheels are not snug on the hub that puts extra stress on the wheel studs. I hope it ain't so.

Good luck with you're project.
 
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