53 Mercury front disc brake conversion.

dean333

dean333

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I have the kit from POL. I just found out my Monterey has dropped spindles. Has anyone had issue with the brake hoses being too short to route behind the king pin due to the dropped spindle support? I watched a YouTube video of the kit being installed on a 53 Ford and he had to grind the area of the caliper where the brake hose connects to allow the hose to swing forward and get more room to route behind the king pin. Its at 22:08 of the video.

The shop manual doesn’t describe any subtle differences, if any, between 53 Ford and Mercury brake systems.
 
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Here’s the video. The installer also had a few other issues with supplied caliper brackets not quite fitting right, had to do some grinding for clearance at the dropped spindle support. The Tech Support at POL had no idea.

https://youtu.be/pBdAN2vhE6M
 
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Too many pop ups before I even get to login on the Hamb. Forgot my password and there’s no direction to fix the problem.
 
Sign on located in top right corner.

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