How To: Camaro Rear Disc Brake Swap to G-body Axle

[ssn696]

Procrastination sometimes pays off. Here is a very useful design detail from Forum member Built6pdMCSS posted on the LSTech Forum. Slide about halfway down to see how he made the LS1 rear brakes from a handbrake-equipped Camaro work with the stock G-body e-brake pedal.
http://ls1tech.com/forums/conversio...4-monte-carlo-super-sport-2.html#post19309436

 

[SmooveG]

Procrastination sometimes pays off. Here is a very useful design detail from Forum member Built6pdMCSS posted on the LSTech Forum. Slide about halfway down to see how he made the LS1 rear brakes from a handbrake-equipped Camaro work with the stock G-body e-brake pedal.
http://ls1tech.com/forums/conversio...4-monte-carlo-super-sport-2.html#post19309436

Is he only pulling one E Brake?

 

[axisg]

cant tell 100% by his pics but in stock form there is a single cable from the pedal in car until it splits to two over the rear axle ( right about where the LCA bolts to the body ).

 

[L67ss]

Question. How do these compare to blazer front brakes in size? And can you still run 15" wheels?

 

[ssn696]

The Blazer and Camaro rear brakes are about identical. Since Blazers came with 15" steel wheels, I think they should fit fine. I don't have one with the right bolt pattern to check for you.

 

[ssn696]

Blazer front brakes also fit 15" steel wheels, in case that has not a typo on the OP.

 

[ssn696]

Finally, after an absurd amount of time, I hung the original LS1 axle conversion in the wagon today. I installed the cable brackets on the control bolts, and now need to brainstorm the cables. The original Malibu cables are asymmetric: the passenger side loops over to the driver's side and meets up with the driver's side cable. The Camaro cables are the same length since they meet up under the console over the transmission.

 

[ssn696]

Here are some additional part numbers:
Camaro backing plates are 10444624 and 10444626. Cardone Rebuilt Calipers with abutment are18B4696 and 18B4697. Raybestos rotor (both sides) is 56756R. Caliper bracket bolt kit is DORMAN 14006 {#15016308} 14 x 2.0 x 40 mm.

 

[pontiacgp]

You have an awesome brainstorming team...🙂 I have the F body handbrake and cables, I wonder if there is a way to join two cables with a union to fit the passenger side.

and it just occurred to me that the F body cable has the same fitting on it so it works with my drum brakes. Will the stock cable not work on those calipers?

 

[ssn696]

You have an awesome brainstorming team...🙂

That's what we do here. Try to crowdsource the answer (with a little snark filtering)

I have the F body handbrake and cables, I wonder if there is a way to join two cables with a union to fit the passenger side.

The F-body cables have a rectangular slot crimped on the end of the cable. How about a 1/8" removable chain link to connect to a similar design on the other cable?

...and it just occurred to me that the F body cable has the same fitting on it so it works with my drum brakes. Will the stock cable not work on those calipers?

It seems like the stock GM Gbody cables can be made to work with a little modification of the LSCustom's 'L' bracket. Stay tuned.