Rear Disc Brake Conversion, Yes, Another Rear Dics Brake Question Options

[SilverCell94]

sup guys,

here is another rear dics brake conversion question:

for the e-brake cable do i need all 3 cables (center, left and right)? or do i just need the back 2 right and left cables?

now just to double check, are these the parts i need to complete the swap?

-left and right rotors
-left and right caliphers
-e-brake cable
-brake lines

now, i was reading the "how-to" article and it states that i need internal brake components, can some please be more detailed about the parts needed. also, the backplates, anyone have a pic of them??


thanks

[Galcobar]

How?

[Kwanza26]

How?
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First off... there is the spindle. It is the part that attaches to the strut and suspension arms. These are totally different. Your directions imply you just need to remove the actual brake components and can reuse the spindle, which is not gonna work. No matter what, you're gonna have to remove the spindle from the suspension arms and the strut. An alignment also isn't totally neccesary. I've done the conversion twice and never needed an alignment.

Second... buying parts in pieces is more expensive and more difficult. A lot of those smaller parts just can't be found easily... so why not just buy the entire rear disc assembly from the junkyard? It'll be maybe 100.00 or so... while buying calipers separately will be 20-30 bucks a piece from junkyards, to a 100.00 a piece new/rebuilt. And then there are miscellaneous parts, which add up, then you still have to reassemble everything. Doesn't make much sense to me when you can just buy the whole assembly and "bolt on". It's as if when there's something you can simply "bolt on"... people suddenly want to do it the hard way, while if there's something that requires custom fab... everyone wishes it were a bolt-on deal.

Here are some diagrams to help people figure things out... not you galcobar... you at least have a general idea what's going on.