What 9" would a 58 have?

[RustyNCa]

Do our cars have a small bearing rear end, large bearing or ....?

Just wondering, a local gent is selling a Wilwood 9" rear brake setup, which would match well with my front Wilwood brakes.

But I don't know which 9" my tbird would have.

Thanks
RustyNCA

[protourbird]

Rusty,
Go to the Stainless Steel Brakes website, ssbrakes.com, and they have a section on identifying the rear ends. You can do it by measuring the the bolt pattern on the retainer plate.

[RustyNCa]

Rusty,
Go to the Stainless Steel Brakes website, ssbrakes.com, and they have a section on identifying the rear ends. You can do it by measuring the the bolt pattern on the retainer plate.

Thanks, I was trying to be lazy and see if anyone knew without me looking at my car.

To be frank, it's a pain to get the rear wheels off my bird, they hang up on the old drums. You have to jack the car up, put it on stands, lower the rear end and right now undo the shock on one side to get the drivers side wheel out.... Wasn't a problem till we went and made an adjustable pan rod bar and aligned the car...

[byersmtrco]

I'm pretty sure ours are the "larger" ones. I read on a Mustang website (by accident during my 14x7 wheel search) that the 59-60 TBird axle is popular w/Mustang owners because it's the beefier version and the spring perches are taller, there fore lowering a Mustang (or other) an inch w/o other mods.

I am also interested in rear disc. It's SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO much better than original, but then I drive something late model . . . And it's "eeeh". Plus, it is a hard pedal. Even w/the pwr asst.