Alright my friend is looking to get a bigger rear end so he will probably sell me his old rear with 3.73 gears cheap. I really want this rear end , but it is setup for disc brakes, and I have drums on my rear . What all would I have to do to make the disc's work? I'd appreciate any help I can get. thanks

 

Nothing, its a direct swap. Although you are getting the old style disc brakes, which arent the best. You may need to get a 4 wheel disc brake proportioning valve though for more stopping power, the drum setups didnt put a whole lot of pressure to the rear I dont think.

 

Oh so its a straight swap? I will probably just put it in and upgrade a little later. Thanks for the reply

 

actually its the other way around....drum brakes require more pressure than discs do....but ya you need to change the prop valve

 

Not according to the SSBC web page.

 

dont believe everything you read on the internet.....go from a drum rear to a disc rear and crank up the pressure.....it will lock the rear brakes up

 

If I was to crank the press. on anything the brakes would lock up, disc or drum.

 

its not really what the pressure is thats the issue... its the ratio.

you dont want your backs to lock before the fronts..... but you want the backs to be as close as they can be before the fronts lock...

 

well put

the fluid pressure inside the slave cylinder in a drum brake is usually higher than the pressure required for a disc brake on the same wheel

 

This swap was performed on my car, now I cannot hook up the E-Brake... live around hills.. its kinda important, any ideas?

 

can someone PLEASE be specific about this problem?

3rdgens ebrake work by pulling a cable.

4thgens ebrake work by pulling a cable



whats so hard about figuring out some way to pull the cable? whats the hold up i hear about so much that noone is specific about!?


the only "fix" i see is someone posted a super simple bracket.... is that it? are you guys driving around without ebrakes because of a silly little bracket?!?

 

Yes, but it makes it a lot more practical when you have an auto. Not really any point in spending time in fabbing something up.

 

Too tell ya the truth I havn't even looked at the damn thing yet, I'm too involved in other things.. sigh.. If that Power Steering pump would only hurry its **** on over here... *pout*

Anyway back to the E-Brake.... Guess I never really got a look at her, perhaps on a slower day Ill go have a look at her