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Old Mar 17, 2011 | 04:52 PM
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Rear disc when putting an 88 9 bolton an 89

My car is an 89 and has the factory pbr rear disc and a 9 bolt. Well the 9 bolt died and I found a good 9 bolt out of an 88. It has disc but of course the old style. How hard will it be to switch the old calipers out with the pbr setup?
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Old Mar 17, 2011 | 05:08 PM
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Re: Rear disc when putting an 88 9 bolton an 89

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My car is an 89 and has the factory pbr rear disc and a 9 bolt. Well the 9 bolt died and I found a good 9 bolt out of an 88. It has disc but of course the old style. How hard will it be to switch the old calipers out with the pbr setup?
Unbolt one system, unbolt the other system. Swap. The following is for a 10-bolt, but the brake system is the same:

https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/faq-...iscs-89-a.html

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Old Mar 17, 2011 | 09:13 PM
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Re: Rear disc when putting an 88 9 bolton an 89

Worst thing is, you gotta pull the axles to swap the backing plates. Other than that a piece of cake. And that's not even THAT bad. So you'll be OK.
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Old Mar 17, 2011 | 09:54 PM
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Re: Rear disc when putting an 88 9 bolton an 89

So it will be a direct bolt up swap?
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