I am putting my 32 commercial side car on my 54 pan ...the 54 has disk breaks front and rear..the sidecar ,,I have run with out breaks for the last 20 plus years..what I need is how to fit breaks ..disk I hope to the car ..the dealer is no help..Harley want's nothing to do with it ..as legal crap get in the way ..so ....has anyone here changed from drum to disk brakes on their harly cars..will the axle retro fit ?? is the taper the same on the new harley?? do you need a different caliper for the car??..is it real worth the bother??
I ran my '50 Pan with disc brakes front and rear with a URAL sidecar (270# plus) without a brake with no problems even in hard stops. I later converted to a disc brake on the car but didn't feel it was worth the extra expense.
I have a Liberty sidecar with rear linked disc that I don't use either. I use the front discs on the FHLX to stop. Using the rear (linked) brake also causes a pull to the right in a normal stop. I just use the sidecar brake for holding on a hill when stopped.
I will only use all brakes in a panic stop when it makes no difference which direction the rig ends up facing.
Another plus is that front pucks are cheaper and a hell of a lot easier to replace than the rear ones are.
Lonnie
thank's ,,I have been running the car on my 75 FXE and just learned to slow down..the car made it interesting to hold a line in traffic in a hard stop..and I wasn't sure if it was wort the effort to put brakes on it ..thank you for the reply..
