1968 Mustang Rear Disk Brakes, 8 inch.rear end. Wilwood Dynalite "WIL-
I really like the Wilwood for several reasons. 1) Ridged mounted. 2) Reasonable price. 3) 4 piston caliper. 4) Drum brake used for emergency brake.
I'm not going to document how to install this kit but just to show pictures, all that I have so you can see what's involved. Some things are left out because I did not take enough pictures. This is also in part that I could not find many pictures on the net when I was trying to decide on a brand to buy while doing my research.
OK, drum brake right! Nothing special here, I'm sure you have adjusted or replaced parts on yours if you have had them long enough. They are good, dependable and work really well on the Mustang.
With the axles removed you can now disconnect the emergency brake cable and wheel cylinder brake line. At this point you can remove the drum brake back plate exposing the 8" axle flange.
I replaced the axle seal and bearing at this point. I used an angle grinder to remove the bearing race then to grind almost all the way to the axle, then using a chisel and hammer I was able to break the inner race not damaging the axle. To install the bearing and bearing retainer you can use a long pipe that just fits over the axle and then use it as a slide hammer. Trust me this works very well. I have used it when I was 15 and works just as good at 38. NOTE: You must remove the axle retaining plate because Wilwood supplies a new one that make up for the thicker backing plate used to hold all the new drum brake components. If you forget used the angle grinder to remove the plate.
The disk brakes are universal as far as the bolt pattern.
One problem I ran into was the new SS flex line block that the left and right brake lines connected to. My fix was to remove some of the hex to expose three threads for a better anchorage.
I ran without emergency brake for awhile until I come up with a plan. This is pretty simple but take some time (like nothing takes time right!). Basically I used the original emergency brake components but made angle bracket to connect the cable to the Wilwood E brake lever and some clamps up from the remove the extra slack in the cable. One other than was to remove the spring from the E brake and cut it in half and then reinstalled the halves, one on each side. NOTE: The large metal retaining part of the E brake cable plug into the Wilwood like it was made for it, lucky me!
Well, that's all I have to say for now. I hope you may have found this interesting if nothing else.
Thanks for looking!
Gary