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The design of the Ford Explorer disc brake is beautifully simplistic. The hat-style rotor slips over a miniature drum brake assembly, which is activated by a manual lever on the backside. The caliper itself floats on two locating pins to clamp the rotor during operation. This brake system, which is used on current Ford Explorers, will fit any large-bearing Torino-style late-model Ford 9-inch housing end, so these brakes can be adapted to other rearends, such as a Ford 8.8 or GM 12-bolt, that have been upgraded with 9-inch housing ends, a modification that also eliminates the C-clip-style axle retention. View Related Article
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