rear disc conversion...

lilolneon · Post by **lilolneon** » Fri Mar 31, 2006 1:12 am

i hate to start new topics, but i havent seen one close to mine... (i might be blind tho...)

I have drums for my rear currently... i have no abs either, i wanan put disc on the rear... will rear SRT discs work fine, or can i use the rear discs of a car that had ABS? or the rear discs of an R/T???
and... to be more noobish

what parts do i need, and or what has to be changed, replaced or added?

thanks!

012tone · Post by **012tone** » Fri Mar 31, 2006 7:01 am

well i am doing this swap today and i just got the whole srt4 rear brake setup and it looks like that i will only have to swap the assembllies and then hook up and adjust the parking brake lines and the brake lines, but i have yet to start so i will take pics and post the progess.

Floyd · Post by **Floyd** » Fri Mar 31, 2006 7:10 am

R/T brakes would work too

lilolneon · Post by **lilolneon** » Fri Mar 31, 2006 9:02 am

whats the diff in R/T brakes and SRT-4 Brakes??? and would i hve to change the whole e-brake cable, or just adjust it?

Floyd · Post by **Floyd** » Fri Mar 31, 2006 9:05 am

I think the only difference in R/T and SRT is that R/T are not as thick (rotor and pads) that and that SRT's are powdercoated red

when you do the swap the ebrake cables have to be swapped from drum to disk.

lilolneon · Post by **lilolneon** » Fri Mar 31, 2006 10:08 pm

hmm... how hard is this generally to do? Yes, im a NoOb

But, im a learnin NoOb!

dblsg · Post by **dblsg** » Sat Apr 01, 2006 4:56 am

i thought r/t and srt were the same... at least for the rear. its the 1gn that are different tickness.

lilolneon · Post by **lilolneon** » Sat Apr 01, 2006 5:01 am

hmm... if thats the case, i will grab my self some brakes someday

dblsg · Post by **dblsg** » Sat Apr 01, 2006 5:27 am

zroneo (sp) just picked up a set of 1gn discs

lilolneon · Post by **lilolneon** » Sat Apr 01, 2006 5:29 am

hmm... what all has to be done to remove the rear disc brakes? and how hard is it to remove the e-brake cable?

012tone · Post by **012tone** » Sat Apr 01, 2006 7:33 pm

well i just finished mine today and the spindle on the o1-05 have the same sizing as the srt-4 so what i did was popped the top off the drum and then changed the 4 bolts holding the drum to the spindle. after that i released tension on the e-brake and took of the cables and then disconected the brake lines. i then slide off the baring hub and pulled of the rest of the drum. i then put on the dust sheid and put the 4 bolt back in. after that i slide on the srt-4 hub and then torqed it back down. after that it was just like the front brakes and was a breeze. i took me 3 hours and most of that was B.S. ing with my friends. so just let me know if you need any more pionters

lilolneon · Post by **lilolneon** » Sat Apr 01, 2006 9:09 pm

did you by any chance take any picys?

Ive never screwed with my brakes before...

also... i dont have a hydraluic jack or jack stands yet... so, if i do this, it might be on the cars jack... this can be done 1 at a time right?

Post by **Diablo0** » Sat Apr 01, 2006 9:16 pm

Look to see if you have a Harbor Freight store around you to pickup a jack and jackstands. It'll help out a lot and pretty easy on the bank account. I got my low-profile jack there for about $50-60 and jackstands are only about $10-15.

http://www.harborfreight.com/

Also... you really can't go off the prices on the website since they're usually wrong when you get to the store haha

lilolneon · Post by **lilolneon** » Sat Apr 01, 2006 9:20 pm

closest one is Ft. Worth, thats about 45mins - 1 hour away from me

And i can get a 3-4 Ton Hydraluic Jack from Wal-Mart for about $30 and a set of 3 ton jack stands for $15... im just too poor, and havent really run into the need to buy those yet

*edit*
just thought of something... since i dont have rear swaybar..., and i plan on changin to rear disc brakes... could i just change the entire rear suspension to that of an SRT? struts and all? Or will i run into problems?

Post by **Diablo0** » Sat Apr 01, 2006 9:38 pm

It'll work, the SRT rear disc setup is 98% identical to the R/T setup. Only difference is rotor thickness and color of the calipers.

012tone · Post by **012tone** » Sat Apr 01, 2006 11:23 pm

no i forgot to take my camera

but it is really easy. this was the first time i ver worked on my brakes and they look awesome, no i have to paint the reas black and get some drilled and sloted for the rears now

lilolneon · Post by **lilolneon** » Sun Apr 02, 2006 8:43 am

so to clarify... srt rear struts will work w/o any probs?

dblsg · Post by **dblsg** » Sun Apr 02, 2006 12:25 pm

^ no problem... direct bolt on

012tone · Post by **012tone** » Sun Apr 02, 2006 1:52 pm

or you can get after market srtuts that are for that a set up for the sway bar

lilolneon · Post by **lilolneon** » Sun Apr 02, 2006 7:59 pm

true, but i figure, if i go to a pick n pull, to get it myself, it will be easier and cheaper to just grab it all at once...

dblsg · Post by **dblsg** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 10:08 am

012tone wrote:well i just finished mine today and the spindle on the o1-05 have the same sizing as the srt-4 so what i did was popped the top off the drum and then changed the 4 bolts holding the drum to the spindle. after that i released tension on the e-brake and took of the cables and then disconected the brake lines. i then slide off the baring hub and pulled of the rest of the drum. i then put on the dust sheid and put the 4 bolt back in. after that i slide on the srt-4 hub and then torqed it back down. after that it was just like the front brakes and was a breeze. i took me 3 hours and most of that was B.S. ing with my friends. so just let me know if you need any more pionters

so all rear spindles are the same?

lambostealth · Post by **lambostealth** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 3:20 am

dblsg wrote:
012tone wrote:well i just finished mine today and the spindle on the o1-05 have the same sizing as the srt-4 so what i did was popped the top off the drum and then changed the 4 bolts holding the drum to the spindle. after that i released tension on the e-brake and took of the cables and then disconected the brake lines. i then slide off the baring hub and pulled of the rest of the drum. i then put on the dust sheid and put the 4 bolt back in. after that i slide on the srt-4 hub and then torqed it back down. after that it was just like the front brakes and was a breeze. i took me 3 hours and most of that was B.S. ing with my friends. so just let me know if you need any more pionters
so all rear spindles are the same?

Yes, I did the same thing (used my drum spindles), I had to because my SRT swap had a bent spindle.......so, um, yes, they are all identical.

05RedSXT · Post by **05RedSXT** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 6:44 pm

I am interested in the same swap. I have an '05 SXT MTX. those who have done this do you have an average cost for the parts? I'm like liloneon, don't have alot of disposable income

and want to start planning for it.

Mopar00Neon · Post by **Mopar00Neon** » Thu Oct 26, 2006 2:35 pm

Rear spindles are the same from 95-05, SRT included.

I just swapped 1st gen rear discs from a '95 onto my '00 a couple months ago when I put my Konis in.

z3roneo · Post by **z3roneo** » Thu Oct 26, 2006 2:53 pm

05RedSXT wrote:I am interested in the same swap. I have an '05 SXT MTX. those who have done this do you have an average cost for the parts? I'm like liloneon, don't have alot of disposable income and want to start planning for it.

I found/bought a complete setup for the j-yard for $150 (get new pads and rotors or get them machined) .... make it easier on yourself and get the spindle as well so all you have to do is swap spindles and swap e-brake lines...

Post by **Canada** » Sat Oct 28, 2006 10:24 pm

Yeah, the amount of effort is a little less, but if its going to be a budget project, at least we know you don't need it...

CA180 · Post by **CA180** » Sun Oct 29, 2006 8:49 pm

Wasnt there a wite up on this?

Oh yeah, its a sticky under the how to...

http://forum.2gn.org/viewtopic.php?t=8325

05RedSXT · Post by **05RedSXT** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 10:06 am

Great info!! I will start looking at some jyards. It was less that I thought parts would cost.

oklamopar · Post by **oklamopar** » Fri Dec 15, 2006 11:17 pm

Not to high jack , but after the swap is braking performance the same.. I have non abs with srt rear disk and have problem with rear lock up.. (hard braking) is mine just messed up or is this a problem?

snkmug · Post by **snkmug** » Sat Jan 27, 2007 6:07 pm

everything is easy but the brake cables, make sure you release the auto adjuster on the parking brake under the console or they will never go on....drum and disc cables are completely differnet