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Re: 544 disc brakes 444-544 1965

posted by  someone claiming to be Pete Fluitman on  Thu May 31 04:07 CST 2001 [RELATED]

He can't. The 544 uses a king pin. The trouble with the conventionally documented way of doing it is that it mucks up the turning circle because the shock needs to be moved to the front of the stub axle. A while ago Leonard posted and he positioned the shock a la 140. He sent me a JPEG and it looked a very neat solution.

My solution also works very well. Welded the caliper brackets and put the caliper in front of the wheel line, swapping the calipers from left to right and vise versa so the bleed nipple stays on top. This means the shock can stay where it is without affecting clearance. The 544 I did it to is historic rallied so I can't move the shock absorber mount.

Regards





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