This may be the most tediously slow axle build ever seen, but it looked so easy in all the previous posted conversions....
How To: Camaro Rear Disc Brake Swap to G-body Axle
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Just keep plugging away at it. You will get there with it looking like factory. You def have more patience then I will ever have. We did mine in a couple hours. Hand bent 2 new precut lines, and tacked on bracket to the axle tube for the hard line to flex line at the caliper. Couple of squirts of black paint and it was back on its wheels. It was also the 3rd setup for me and like the 6th for my friend who was helping.
Here's how I did it on my Buick years ago... http://www.turbobuicks.com/forums/buick-v6-turbo-tech/84562-ls1-rear-disc-brakes-my-take-em.html
I hand-(re) bent the OEM lines with a tubing bender tool - no issues with the different tube ends. Bolted right up to the G-body brake hose.
Good write-up...
Did you finish this?
I am in the process of doing mine now...
Has anyone mounted the calipers in the original position as the LS1, with the calipers in front of the axle???
Did you finish this?
I am in the process of doing mine now...
Has anyone mounted the calipers in the original position as the LS1, with the calipers in front of the axle???
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I've seen several posts where it was discovered that when putting them on in front, they run into the frame when the suspension travels up. As long as the calipers and backing plates are swapped so the bleeders are at the top and the p-brake levers pull forward, they will stop and hold the car just fine.
The axle is all buttoned up, but I was going to continue the thread when I put it under the wagon and connect the parking brakes with the Malibu cable system. I have the 21 steps backwards, 22 steps forwards problem going on...I have a new brake line to install between the prop valve and rear flex hose - there's a crusty spot I don't trust right where it bolts through the frame above the axle. I have a bushing kit to install, 'cause the Jegs crossmember does not fit (they blame squashed body mounts), so I'll have the body up where I can slip the brake line in. I could have the axle in there in about an hour if it weren't for the other stuff I want to do first...
The axle is all buttoned up, but I was going to continue the thread when I put it under the wagon and connect the parking brakes with the Malibu cable system. I have the 21 steps backwards, 22 steps forwards problem going on...I have a new brake line to install between the prop valve and rear flex hose - there's a crusty spot I don't trust right where it bolts through the frame above the axle. I have a bushing kit to install, 'cause the Jegs crossmember does not fit (they blame squashed body mounts), so I'll have the body up where I can slip the brake line in. I could have the axle in there in about an hour if it weren't for the other stuff I want to do first...
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This is a very well documented thread. I may do this upgrade to my Salon next spring. Don't you have to have a proportioning valve for a 4 wheel disk set up?
Yes. I picked up one from Inline Tube. Specifically for disc-disc. Not adjustable. We'll see how it works out. I have been collecting the parts to do the Blazer front brake swap, so it will be a bit longer until I get fluid in the system.
The calipers have to be rear mounted, as stated above the calipers will hit the frame in the forward position.
What are most doing for e-brake brackets????
