1984 ElCO Rear disc brake upgrade...

[LSCustoms]

Lookin sweeeet!! Yeah I better be next in line chump!!! Citizens arrest if Im not!!

Elco Warren 8)

I got your citizens arrest... looks like these stock rotors are 12" (people kept telling me they may be 11.6 or something, i just went out there and measured them, so Im gonna look at a couple of things on the internet, and see if I can just do the install without the brackets, or if the brackets are that much easier or whatever, I may have to just wait and buy them... we will see... would be nice if when all said and done, i did this for under $200... cause there are plenty of 2002ish camaros showing up at the yard with blown engines...

im at $132... i figure im going to get a new hardware kit from autozone or whatever the grease, brake fluid, one more can of paint for the emergency brake part, etc. so that will be a few more dollars...

 

[kuruption109]

for swap meet prices, got a good deal on other stuff, but unfortunately, Ive found that I overpaid for the damn adjustable proportion valve... anyhow, I paid $60...

so my new total jumps up to $132 so far (calipers, rotors, with ebrake and pads, paint/prep, adjustable proportion valve) ...

brake parts looking good so far...

FACTORY FRESH!!!

 

[LSCustoms]

just waiting on a small package... to get this buttoned up...

 

[swaggasaur]

looks awesome man, any tips on how to take the drums off?

 

[LSCustoms]

looks awesome man, any tips on how to take the drums off?

your stock gbody drums? drums slide off... if they are stuck or seized little elbow grease will get em off... as soon as you take the rim off... pull the drums off...

 

[swaggasaur]

easy enough man, thanks

lookin foward to new progress :-D

 

[LSCustoms]

easy enough man, thanks

lookin foward to new progress :-D

thanks, i will document it better when i do the swap, i will do more of a step by step, and good pics, if you have any other pics feel free to ask...

 

[redboy504]

I went and picked mine up today. I finally gave up and was walking out of the yard. Then I saw them on an 88 Z-28. I'm not sure if they came on there from the factory or not, but I got em. One side was hard as hell to get off. I gotta go back and get the drums sunday. Do I need to take out the axles to get the drums off? Somebody gimme some info here.

 

[85CutlassSalonRyder]

I went and picked mine up today. I finally gave up and was walking out of the yard. Then I saw them on an 88 Z-28. I'm not sure if they came on there from the factory or not, but I got em. One side was hard as hell to get off. I gotta go back and get the drums sunday. Do I need to take out the axles to get the drums off? Somebody gimme some info here.

Naw, they should just pop off like any other car.

 

[Dave V]

well if you need to change the backing plates then yes you either need to pull the axles or cut the plates off to mount the caliper hardware to me i just cut the backing plates off and mount the calpier mounts to the axle.