Need brakes

thatyoder · May 13, 2012

i have a heavy duty axle on my ride and the band brake is ok but i was wondering if i took the band brake off would i be able to put a disc brake in its place. meaning would the conversion piece fit on the hub? .

wheelbender6 · May 13, 2012

Probably not. You would need to add a rim brake. Post a pic of your hub for a better answer.

rustycase · May 13, 2012

Yup.
We probably need more info on your rig.

it occurs to me that purchase of a hub with a disc flange on it would be best.
rc

2door · May 13, 2012

If your bike doesn't have provisions for mounting the caliper you'll have to fabricate mounts. That will take some engineering and fabrication skills.
Good luck.

Tom

thatyoder · May 14, 2012

sorry my camera is broke. but my hub is the HD grubee axle with the band brake. i was thinking maybe if i took off the band brake maybe i can screw on a disc adapter. if it would fit. im not sure. as for mounting a caliper it wont be a problem. i would just weld some type of post for it. but just dont know if something like that would work with this hub.

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