After tearing down the front end and sending the shocks for rebuild, I got on the horn with a couple of vendors, who were very helpful. Gerard from Gerard's Garage was a wealth of information, and greatly informed my decisions when it came to the front end. I knew I wanted to swap in disc brakes on the front. Thus the purchase of the front end as shown previously. But Gerard was great in helping to fill in the blanks. Which parts should be replaced? Which ones can be refurbished? Which ones are necessary/not necessary for the conversion to the different hubs and steering that goes with the front brake change? Through this process, I ordered a bunch of parts through Gerard. This way, I was sure everything would be compatible, as the front end is certainly not something I wish to assemble with any guesswork. Parts ordered from Gerard included front discs, calipers, pads, steel braided brake lines, wheel bearings, tie rod ends, and lower A Arms. The A Arms are the higher quality ones. I ordered these because my old A Arms, which I originally thought were ok, had quite a bit of corrosion in the pivot areas and threads. While I was at it, I also had Gerard re-sleeve my original master cylinder to 3/4 inch in order to accomodate the front disc conversion. Because of this change, I elected to not use the stock Bugeye rear wheel cylinders (which are designed for a 7/8 in bore master cylinder), but instead replace them with appropriate, 3/4 inch rear wheel cylinders. These also came from Gerard's Garage, along with a new clutch slave cylinder. The other vendor I spoke with was Dave from The Bugeye Guy. He offers a complete major front end rebuild kit, including kingpins, bushings, pivots, etc. I had him include poly bushings for the front end. While I was at it, I also ordered his complete set of screws/fasteners to attach the cockpit surrounds. All of these parts arrived today. It's quite like Christmas!
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