GXE rear drum to disc conversion instructions inside
10-17-2000, 08:35 PM
#1
here ya go.. it's not pretty yet.. no pics, no colors, no frills..
But the test is there. if you've got a brain and know how to work on your car, you can easily figure it out from here.
<a href=http://www.ee.utulsa.edu/~mblehm/drums_to_discs.html>http://www.ee.utulsa.edu/~mblehm/drums_to_discs.html</a>
But the test is there. if you've got a brain and know how to work on your car, you can easily figure it out from here.
<a href=http://www.ee.utulsa.edu/~mblehm/drums_to_discs.html>http://www.ee.utulsa.edu/~mblehm/drums_to_discs.html</a>
10-18-2000, 10:08 AM
#4
I still can't tell right now because I'm waiting on more parts.. I'm a victim of stupid parts people that sold me different year calipers and cables.. thus the parking brake cable won't connect to the caliper..
this causes the rear calipers not to "self adjust", so the rear brakes aren't running 100% yet. as soon as I get the parts, I'll play with them and find out.
I did some HARD driving on them yesterday when there was no traffic on the highway..
The fading problem is much less than that it was with the drums.. I drug the brakes for a mile or so at 80mph (floor the gas with O/D off and hold the brake down enough to keep the car at a constant 80mph. I DO NOT recommend this for obvious reasons)...
this gets the brakes <font color=red>REALLY HOT!</font>.. After this, I sped up to about 105, then stomped the brakes.. very little fade until I hit about 30mph, then I could tell they were beginning to go.
once I got stopped and checked for fires (only a little smoke from the fronts.. rears were fine- barely even hot yet, since the fronts are doing 99% of the braking right now- the fronts had even heated up the rim to a point it was difficult to touch the rim they were so hot.)
Soooo, now that they passed this test, I took the car up to 60-70mph and stopmed them again.. did this a couple times and after the 2nd time they began to fade pretty badly.
I then drove the car around for about 5 min and tried it again.. I could still tell they were hot, but nothing like they were before. I could to one 60mph stop and then they started fading badly again..
This is MUCH better than the OEM drum brakes, as they could barely withstand a 100-0 stop without fading at the end. these withstood 80mph constant for a mile, THEN a 100-0 stop and two 60-0 stops without major fade..
this causes the rear calipers not to "self adjust", so the rear brakes aren't running 100% yet. as soon as I get the parts, I'll play with them and find out.
I did some HARD driving on them yesterday when there was no traffic on the highway..
The fading problem is much less than that it was with the drums.. I drug the brakes for a mile or so at 80mph (floor the gas with O/D off and hold the brake down enough to keep the car at a constant 80mph. I DO NOT recommend this for obvious reasons)...
this gets the brakes <font color=red>REALLY HOT!</font>.. After this, I sped up to about 105, then stomped the brakes.. very little fade until I hit about 30mph, then I could tell they were beginning to go.
once I got stopped and checked for fires (only a little smoke from the fronts.. rears were fine- barely even hot yet, since the fronts are doing 99% of the braking right now- the fronts had even heated up the rim to a point it was difficult to touch the rim they were so hot.)
Soooo, now that they passed this test, I took the car up to 60-70mph and stopmed them again.. did this a couple times and after the 2nd time they began to fade pretty badly.
I then drove the car around for about 5 min and tried it again.. I could still tell they were hot, but nothing like they were before. I could to one 60mph stop and then they started fading badly again..
This is MUCH better than the OEM drum brakes, as they could barely withstand a 100-0 stop without fading at the end. these withstood 80mph constant for a mile, THEN a 100-0 stop and two 60-0 stops without major fade..
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