The front should be fast, right? I got a CPP firewall master cylinder mount and the adapters to put GM metric rotors/calipers on the front.
Before starting on the brakes, I checked the wheel bearings (shot) and the kingpins (nice and tight).
The brakes up front appear to have been rebuilt in the not-too-distant past. The shoes were good and the other parts were remarkably clean. When I got the spindle stripped, it was in worse condition than I expected, but sleeving it went well anyway.
We put the new caliper mounts on, put it all together, and greased the kingpins real good. After working the new grease in well, the kingpins loosened up nicely and got all kinds of floppy, so it all has to come off again to get replaced.
In the meantime, the underdash pedal/master cylinder mount needed installed. Once again my best helper came in handy with the ability to fit under the hood. She held the parts from the engine bay side while I worked under the dash.
Getting the spot welds out was a pain, but overall that installation was not too bad. I refused to pay CPP $80 for a pedal, so I took some scrap metal,welded a bolt on the back, and cut it to the shape of an 80s C10 "disk brake" pad.
