F350 disc brake swap the easy way

[Zukinut]

I have no idea if this works for anything other than a 350.

I bought a 79 F350 for the front ibeams with disc brake parts for my 68 with drums. As I was working on it today I noticed that the 68 i beams and radius arms looked beefier. So I took the backing plate and caliper bracket off the 79 axle and bolted it onto the 68 axle, Installed the rotor assembly and voila. Disc brakes in 30 minutes. Man I wish I woulda known this about 6 months and a parts truck ago. I coulda picked up the disc brake calipers and rotors etc at pull a part for less than a 100 bucks for both sides.

I hope this helps somebody in the future. It sure would be much easier this way.

Will

[flyboy2610]

Oh, yeah.
It'll work for F250's as well. Won't work For F100 because the brackets are cast into the spindles. Lots of people (myself included) have just swapped parts onto the f250/350 spindles.
Glad you have discs now. You'll really like the way your truck stops now!

[SecondCamperSpecial]

How did I miss this? Oh well 2 days ago I dropped the suspension out of my 68 F250 and today Installed the 79 Front axles with new axle bushings and radius arm bushings. I guess I wish I would have found a early Combination valve (proportioning). The 79 one I have wont easily fit where the 68 one is.