Bleach Posted March 31, 2010 Report Share Posted March 31, 2010 There are no bolt-on brakes from a newer Nissan truck to the older Datsun trucksYou must buy a custom made bracket or a-arm and then a caliper and rotor from a specific vehicle [Updated March 30, 2016]620 Truck Front BrakesBeebani's - Disc brakes for your Kingpin Truck http://community.ratsun.net/topic/25124-hardbody-disc-brake-brackets-for-620521520320Beebani has taken over productionHardbody disc brake brackets for 620/521/520/320 - Front Bracket = $160+ These brackets bolt to your existing hubs. You will receive the brackets in bare metal so you can paint or powder coat them any color you like. The rears will include the necessary spacers. All you will have to do is supply the brake parts.Must use 15" wheels or larger. If anyone with this conversion has found a set fo 14s that fit please post details521 owners: yes, these brackets will bolt right up to a 521 without any spacer provided....1. You want to use the z32 calipers.2. You are using the stock 521 inner bearings with the 521 spindleBack Brakes - Brackets for sale from Beebani $90The rears use the rotors and calipers from an 88-91 Isuzu Trooper, 89-93 Amigo, or 88-95 Pickup. Kragen online has the rotors for $15.99 a piece- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -Brackets that use Nissan calipersBeebani's - Front brackets to put disc brakes on your kingpinsBrackets = $160FrontRotors: 2002 Honda passport 2001-2004 Isuzu Rodeo 2002-2003 Rodeo sport Calipers: 1988-1997 D21 (Hardbody) calipers for 4wd, 2.4L Pads: 1988-1997 D21 (Hardbody) pads for 4wd, 2.4L Lines: Use the rubber hoses for the Hardbody calipers, and make new steel lines for the truck on the pre-1973 trucks only. The 620’s have the right thread on the hardlines and will hook right up. Hardware: 12mm bolts are required to mount the caliper to the brackets, and 10mm bolts are required to mount the bracket to the spindle assy.Master Cylinder: 7/8” or 15/16” bore 1979-83 280zx with vertical mounting tabs. The 620 master cylinder will also work, but the mount has to be modified to fit the firewall on the pre-1973 trucksDatDoug's thread on installing this kit- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -Option 2 for front brakes Bracket for 521/520/320 trucksMike Klotz's - Custom disc brake brackets = $200Thread for install, pictures, and ordering info Send a message to Mike to see if these are still in production if interested- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -Option 3 for front brakes Custom upper control arm to convert to ball jointsBeebani's - Front Disc & Ball Joint Swapcustom upper arm - all other parts are various Nissan factory piecesGlengeman's install writeup 3 Quote Link to comment
vegas_datsun Posted October 28, 2010 Report Share Posted October 28, 2010 will the 300zx calipers work with the bracket that was made for glenmans old truck? jw i bought it from him and am thinking of using the 300zx set up Quote Link to comment
Braden Posted October 28, 2010 Report Share Posted October 28, 2010 clear up the difference between the 4pot caliper setup and the harbody caliper setup, do they both utilize the same bracket?? also im assuming with the 4 pot you would aslo need to upgrade to atleast the 280zx master cylinder, maybe something bigger??? whats a good master to use if you plan on doing 4 wheel disc? Quote Link to comment
BEEBANI Posted October 29, 2010 Report Share Posted October 29, 2010 Glenn's truck was set up for hardbody spindles/hubs/brakes. You can't just bolt 300zx brakes to that setup. I have 2 different brackets for the 2 different brake setups. 1 Quote Link to comment
Braden Posted October 30, 2010 Report Share Posted October 30, 2010 beebani, how many versions of the hardbody caliper bracket did you make?? i know of three? what did you change on them? i know some of them utilize all 4 backing plate bolts and some only use 3?????? no need to exlain how good they are or anything, i know they all will work fine, just my curiosity. Quote Link to comment
Radiant-Designer Posted October 17, 2011 Report Share Posted October 17, 2011 Just for anyone who is interested I bought a set of fronts from BEEBANI and they came in super fast. He has been AWESOME to deal with and been helping with my insane amount of questions... to add some info for anyone looking to do this: If you want to use the Nissan 300ZX calipers it should be a 26mm pair, the 1990 NA (not turbo) had the 26 mm. And use the rear brake lines from a 1997 D21 hardbody. (yeah use the rear lines for the front) I just ordered the rears! Quote Link to comment
Radiant-Designer Posted October 26, 2011 Report Share Posted October 26, 2011 Just a quick question.... hows the Ebrake work on the rear of these? Quote Link to comment
Radiant-Designer Posted October 26, 2011 Report Share Posted October 26, 2011 found my own answer... If anyone else wants to know its discussed here: http://community.ratsun.net/topic/28709-rear-disc-brakes/page__p__426986__hl__%2B620+%2Brear+%2Bdisc+%2Bbrakes__fromsearch__1?do=findComment&comment=426986 Quote Link to comment
mklotz70 Posted December 2, 2011 Report Share Posted December 2, 2011 (edited) . Edited July 13, 2023 by mklotz70 2 Quote Link to comment
Bambino Posted August 9, 2012 Report Share Posted August 9, 2012 what about a 77 Datsun 620 Quote Link to comment
mklotz70 Posted August 9, 2012 Report Share Posted August 9, 2012 Are you asking me or just in general? There's a couple of options on ebay. Mine will work on the 620's, but the inner bearing adapter is modified a bit to work.....but I don't have any at present. Beebani's will work on the 620. Datsun-parts.llc? on ebay has an option. Krecs on here makes brackets. If you need/want to run stock rims, mine are the only option....pm me and I'll put you on the list for the next batch. 1 Quote Link to comment
Figbuck Posted January 20, 2013 Report Share Posted January 20, 2013 Step one... Quote Link to comment
JSB Posted March 21, 2013 Report Share Posted March 21, 2013 Saw at the top that the disks and calipers off a hardbody will work. Any one know if this includes the 4x4? At the jy right now and found an 86 4x Edit: never mind just reread the top. Got a set of calipers from an 86 hb. Still looking for troopers. May end up just buying the rotors new. Quote Link to comment
mklotz70 Posted March 22, 2013 Report Share Posted March 22, 2013 The 4x calipers have the same bolt spacing on the mounts, but I'm pretty sure they're 2 piston and much wider. At least with my kit, they won't fit because of the mounting bracket that holds the calipers is too big. I've looked into it and the 4x caliper on the small rotor is a really tight squeeze. If I ever redesign mine, I'll look into them again, but it will be awhile. Quote Link to comment
JSB Posted March 22, 2013 Report Share Posted March 22, 2013 The 4x calipers have the same bolt spacing on the mounts, but I'm pretty sure they're 2 piston and much wider. At least with my kit, they won't fit because of the mounting bracket that holds the calipers is too big. I've looked into it and the 4x caliper on the small rotor is a really tight squeeze. If I ever redesign mine, I'll look into them again, but it will be awhile. Thanks for replying. I wasn't sure so I skipped the 4x4 and found a regular 86 HB at a different JY. I think I got all the required hardware. Will probably buy new calipers and use these as the core. 1 Quote Link to comment
mklotz70 Posted March 22, 2013 Report Share Posted March 22, 2013 You're more than welcome. If you're up for it and the bore of the calipers is not pitted in any way, they have rebuild kits for those calipers.....probably about $10 for the pair. 1 Quote Link to comment
JSB Posted April 26, 2013 Report Share Posted April 26, 2013 This topic needs to be updated or unpinned. The info on which Calipers are needed for Beebani's brackets is incorrect. For the correct info go to this post from Beebani http://community.ratsun.net/topic/25124-hardbody-disc-brake-brackets-for-620521520320/ 1 Quote Link to comment
620Aaron Posted May 31, 2013 Report Share Posted May 31, 2013 So for a disc brake ball joint truck can you either use hardbody spindles or beebanis brackets up front or both? Thanks 1 Quote Link to comment
]2eDeYe Posted May 31, 2013 Report Share Posted May 31, 2013 For a ball joint run the hardbody spindles.The brackets are for the kingpin trucks. 1 Quote Link to comment
mklotz70 Posted May 31, 2013 Report Share Posted May 31, 2013 ....any spindle setup after '83 will give you vented rotors and bigger calipers......720 or hardbody. Just swap the entire spindle/caliper/hub/rotor assembly as a unit. Piece of cake. 2 ball joints, 1 tierod, 1 hose 1 Quote Link to comment
BEEBANI Posted July 17, 2013 Report Share Posted July 17, 2013 The info for my brackets at the beginning of this post is all wrong. Not sure where the maxima/stanza info came from, but it's wrong. Also, the prices have changed. If someone can update it, I'll send the correct info. 1 Quote Link to comment
BigBlack620 Posted November 16, 2013 Report Share Posted November 16, 2013 The info for my brackets at the beginning of this post is all wrong. Not sure where the maxima/stanza info came from, but it's wrong. Also, the prices have changed. If someone can update it, I'll send the correct info. Hey BEE I'm heading to the PnP right now, so after today I'm going to need a bracket for my 74 620 with nissan pick up calipers ... What's the best way for you, to make this happen? Thanks man ... A trusted friend said yours are the best 1 Quote Link to comment
datzenmike Posted November 16, 2013 Report Share Posted November 16, 2013 Better send a private message. http://community.ratsun.net/user/39-beebani/ 1 Quote Link to comment
BEEBANI Posted November 16, 2013 Report Share Posted November 16, 2013 Pm sent 1 Quote Link to comment
Cheko620 Posted January 21, 2014 Report Share Posted January 21, 2014 Pm sent How u doing, I wanted to purchase the brackets for the disc brakes, but it's not letting me send you a message. So if u can get back to me and send me one if appreciate it. Thank you. 1 Quote Link to comment
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