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1st Time Post, So 1st of All Hello and Thanks To Everyone
For The Information I've Already Gathered From This Site

I Have A 1980 Model Chevy LUV Project Underway. I Have Swapped To The 76 Style Front Clip. Replaced The Amber Center Lens With The Red Ones on The Tail Lights. ( Also Off A 76 ) I Have Just Started Cutting for Clearance For A V8. I Have A Ford 9" That Has Been Narrowed For The Truck And Plane To Soon Start Four Linking The Truck. I Have Converted The Truck To Four Wheel Disc Brakes By Using Rotors, Calipers, and Brackets Off The Rear Of A 95 Junked Oldsmobile.


But Now To The Point of My Post

I Have Created A Five Lug Conversion Using S10 Spindles, Ball Joints, and Tie Rod Ends.

How You Ask

Well,

- 1st Step Is Easy Remove The Spindle, Both Upper and Lower Ball Joint, and Tie Rod Ends

- 2nd Step is Buying The Ball Joints and Hard Parts Such As Tha Spindles
( Ball Joints Cost Me $10 A Pop. Luckily I Had Everything Else. Parts Should Be Easily Found In A Junk Yard )

- 3rd Step Place Upper Ball Join In Factory Location and Drill The 4 Holes Where Necessary

- 4th Step Is A Fun One. I Ran a Problem Here Originally I Was Going To Just Flip The Lower Ball Join To Mate With The S10 Spindle. But The Factory Lower Ball Joint Was Bottoming Out Before The Spindle Was All The Way Up. So This Is Where Fabrication Comes Into Play, I Found a 1/2" Plate of Steel and Placed It Under The Lower Control Arm and Spray Painted It With White Paint To Create A Template.

I Then Drilled The Four 1/2" Mounting Holes. Next You Have To Locate Where The Center of The Ball Joint Should Be and Drill, Press, or Cut Out A 2" Hole For The Ball Joint To Be Pressed In. Then Just Clean Off The Excess Steel. Then Just Simply Bolt It Right Up.

- 5th Step This Is Where I Ran Into A Additional Problem. You Must Slightly Smooth/Shave Around The Bottom of The Spindle Where The Lower Ball Joint Bolts Up. Then Some Ever So Slightly On The Inside Of The Control Arm.

- 6th Step Is A Direct Bolt In of The Tie Rod Ends.

Then Finish Up By Reinstalling The Brake Lines and Bolt Up You 5 Lug Wheel.

If You Wish To Have Small Ford Lug Pattern Just Simply Use A Mid 80's Through Early 90's Ranger Rotors The Inner Bearings Are The Same. Then Use The Ranger Outer Bearing.

Your Could Also Drill The S10 Rotor To Achieve The Same Thing Or You Could Buy Aftermarket Rotors For An S10 That Are Cross Drilled and Slotted That Have Both Patterns
( Which Is The Method I Plan Doing Since I Am Sticking With The Small Ford Pattern )

Yes It Sounds A Little Hard But It Isn't Really. Truly It Is A Small Price To Pay For Bigger Brakes, Easier To Find Parts, Easier To Find Aftermarket Performance Parts, DROP SPINDLES and Last The Satisfaction Of Your Seeing Your Hard Work Paying Off.

This Conversion Leaves The Factory Tire Location ( Unless Using Drop Spindles Then It Lowers The Truck Of Course )

Please Send Your Thoughts and Questions Are More Than Welcome

first off, welcome to the site!

secondly, we have to have some pics of the swap man! im sure everyone would like to see some!

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"but its that gut feeling of you're drawn to what feels right for yourself and what you're passionate about..."

Thanx Man, Currently I Don't Have Any Pics But I'll Try To Post Some ASAP
I Need To Take It All Back Appart The Spray Some Chassie Black Down On The Frame And The Convertion Componits

I Just Finish The Swap Last Night

is that your luv in your avatar?

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"but its that gut feeling of you're drawn to what feels right for yourself and what you're passionate about..."

No, Just One I've Always Thought Was Bad Ass Mine Is Currently Red and In Pieces All Accross My Shop

oh, damn. i was gonna say that youd be kind of a celerity on here if it was your truck.

anyways, back to topic... lol

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"but its that gut feeling of you're drawn to what feels right for yourself and what you're passionate about..."

No Celebrity Here, Just A Poor White Kid Trying To Create Something Faster Than My Camaro

Just So Ya Know I Also Own A 1970 1/2 RS/Z28 Camaro That I Have Restord and Slaped A What I Would Call A Mildly Built 383

But One Day...Maybe...Soon... My LUV Can/Will Look as Cool

But Yeah I'll Try My Best To Have Pics Posted By The End of Tha Night, End of The Weekend At The Latest

Now My Biggest Thing is Finding Wheels That I Like That I Can Get The Currect Back Spaceing All The Way Around

Welcome to the site .

Pics are a must for the brake swap .

I am also a 2nd gen camaro guy.

Thanx

Well I Just Finished Taken Some Pix Of My Truck, Junk For My Truck, and The 5 Lug Conversion

Currently Having Technical Difficulties On Uploading The Pics To My Comp

Apparently It Doesn't Think My Camera Is Hooked Up N Turned On When It Is

1st Time This Thing Is Ever Gave Me A Prob

But Soon As Everything Is Solved Ill Post Em

I Think I May Have A Pic or Two Of My Camaro Aswell If Ya Want Me To Post Em Aswell

Hey Last Night I Was A Newbie Today Im A Junior Member WOOHOO!
Moving On Up....On The East Side

Alright Finally I Can Show You Guys Some Pics Of The Luv 6 Lug To S10 5 Lug Convertion

http://myspace-364.vo.llnwd.net/01351/4 ... 0364_l.jpg

http://myspace-304.vo.llnwd.net/01351/4 ... 8304_l.jpg

http://myspace-084.vo.llnwd.net/01351/4 ... 3084_l.jpg

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http://myspace-177.vo.llnwd.net/01351/7 ... 2177_l.jpg

http://myspace-598.vo.llnwd.net/01351/8 ... 3598_l.jpg

http://myspace-821.vo.llnwd.net/01351/1 ... 5821_l.jpg

http://myspace-654.vo.llnwd.net/01351/4 ... 7654_l.jpg

http://myspace-936.vo.llnwd.net/01351/6 ... 8936_l.jpg


Now My Truck ( In Parts Everywhere )

http://myspace-551.vo.llnwd.net/01351/1 ... 7551_l.jpg

http://myspace-806.vo.llnwd.net/01351/6 ... 8806_l.jpg

http://myspace-800.vo.llnwd.net/01351/0 ... 2800_l.jpg

How About A Rare Near Perfict Bed?


LOL This Ens Funny It's A Sketch ( Chip Foose Don't Have Nothing On Me )

http://myspace-909.vo.llnwd.net/01351/9 ... 4909_l.jpg

LOL Sorry I Think Thats Funny

So There She Is In All Her BARE Glory

Oh Yeah Hotrod80 Said He Liked 2nd Gen Camaros Aswell Here Is My
1970 1/2 RS/Z28 Camaro

http://myspace-483.vo.llnwd.net/01351/3 ... 3483_l.jpg

She Is A Little Wet And Dirty

I Have More Pics But Myspace Only Allows 16 Pix I'll Prob Put Together A Web Page of My Build Up

But For Now...There It Is, Comments/Questions Are MORE Than Welcome

SHAAAAAWIIIING on the Camaro. I sold mine to buy a house and the luv . Cool project and again welcome.

LOL..Well I Guess A Mans Gotta Do What A Mans Gotta Do, And Everybody Gotta Live Somewhere

Yeah The Camaro Is My Baby Was Really My First Car Was All Origional Car With 64,000 Origional Miles When I Got It. I Am The 3rd Owner Of The Car My Father Being Then 2nd. As You Can See I Spent 2 Years Restoreing It. But Soon As She Hit 100,000 Miles She Jumped Time. ( Stupid GM And Plastic Coated Timing Chains ) I Did A Cheap Fix New Push Rods, Oil Pump, and Timing Chain. She Was Good As New For A Few Months Then She Kicked The Bucket. My Only Guess Is Metal Shaving From The Timing Chain Got Into The Bearings.

But Now She Had A Heart Transplant. I Built A 10 1/2 Ta 1 383 With A Set Of 3782461 Double Hump Heads, A Lunati 515 by 515 cam ( Hell Of A Ground Pounder ), Hooker Super Comp Headers, A Eldlebrock Performer RPM Air Gap Intake, 3500 Stall, B&M Shift Kit and A Holley 750 Double Pumper To Top It All Off

Lets Just Say She Is A Little Funner To Drive The She Use To Be

Oh and Thanx Again

I like your conversion it looks like you may have found the answer to allot of problems in front brake setups. One question though is the steer arm the same length or close?My Toyota conversion works but i would like to put drop spindles on the front and i have already put a rack&pinion steer on the truck(hope to get pics on site soon)This took about 45lbs of the front so i want to keep it.

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1978 pro street step/side 455Buick, 4sp,4.11s, 31/18.5s

PM'd ya

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1978 pro street step/side 455Buick, 4sp,4.11s, 31/18.5s

The Only Thing I Changed In The Actual Steering Is The Tie Rod Ends

Which Are Adjustable On Both Ends With A Sleeve In The Middle, I Know Thats Not The Technical Name But Thats All I Can Think To Call It Right Now

But With This Adjustment It Works Perfect

I Eliminated The Pics W/ The Tie Rod End Connected Because MySpace.com Only Allows 16 Pic On A Profile

I Believe That I Will Create A More In Dept Exsplanation Followed By More Pic On A Web Page As Soon As Have The Time To Whip One Up

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PM'd again did it right this time

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1978 pro street step/side 455Buick, 4sp,4.11s, 31/18.5s

I Know

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BlackLuv80...

Try this link from this site for future image posting.
Works very well.

http://forums.luvtruck.com/viewtopic.php?t=7593


I must commend your efforts and attempt here to that S-10 disc/spindle approach.
Can you share more with the lower arm/ball joint and spindle shave application.
Maybe a few more pics where that plate is actually installed and the clearancing of the spindle as well....




last add: can you measure the end to end from the face of each rotor as they are installed on your truck, prior to mounting the rims?
I am just curious as to that measurement vs. the stock LUV rotor width...

Thanx RPOZ11

LoL Actually I Just Finished Signing Up With PhotoBucket

I Will Defintly Send More Pics and Will Try To Be As Much Help As I Can To Answering Anyones Questions About The Set Up

I'll Try To Be More In Delpt Now That Im Allowed More Than 16 Pics

And Again Thanx

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