drum to disc

[proracer#5]

If this has been posted before, let me know, I am sorry. How hard is it to change over my rear from drum to disc?? I seen a mercury tracer with all disc and I wanted it so bad. Thanks.

[Identity_X]

Here you go:

http://www.wihandyman.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1589

[MazdaRacer]

for a 1st gen drum to disc swap, you can grab the entire rear subframe from any Pro LX, EGT or Tracer LTS (heck, even 3rd gen escorts and ZX2s) with rear discs and do a complete subframr swap. Make sure to get the handbrake cables and all the hardware too.

[midnightblue97]

I'm sorry that the search function is broken.

The rear disc brakes, aren't as good as the drums.

[bruce95fmla]

haha! those 1st gen rear disks haul ass on my protege. lol

[redfox]

I'm sorry that the search function is broken.

The rear disc brakes, aren't as good as the drums.

im sorry dude but you have no idea of what you are talking about......i just did this convertion and i can stop in about 3/4 the time it took me when i had thos gay ass drums they are well worth the blood and time for the swap!......ill be makeing a howto on this later at request from Cablemirc.

[Protoss]

to properly do a rear disk swap you need to grab not only the subframe but the master cyl too. it is an intensive swap, but not impossible.

[MazdaRacer]

damn dude, always gotta kick sand in our eyes..... eat a ****ing dick Edwin, ease the hell up man! We 1st gen "experts" do just fine. Post your ****ing facts and move the hell on, i am so sick of your ****ing attitude mixing in with the facts so much i can't even read it, i get so disgusted. Your a poor representation of good information.

Whats so wrong with swaping the entire subframe? So what if it's the same, it's all pre-assembled and ready to go. Plus, you now have extra parts to use just incase. You still will have leftover parts that your probably never going to use again, plus it also gives you a chance to fully inspect the entire subframe with ease, change bushings, clean it well, etc...you know, work smart, not hard.

For a non-experienced or even semi experienced DIYer it's easier to get the whole subframe, than to give him a list of parts and then have him figure out how they all come off. Any half baked DIYer can undo 6 or 8 bolts, 2 brake lines and an ebrake Y junction and walk home with a subframe.

[redfox]

if you take the entire sub frame it cuts the swap time in half cuz there is less **** you have to mess with

[mc kenzie]

kno the question had alredy been asked about the drum to disc brake on the 1st gen hb, but my variation is, can the 2nd gen(bh) rear subframe work on the bg?

[Turpro]

Wow. This thread is old as ****. Make a new 1 in the bh section

[stylingtwagon]

why were some subframes equiped with ajustable ends on one side and others came with both sides ? my wagon has them on both side but the sub frame i got from a egt has ajustments on 1 side ?

[clipper]

adjustable lateral links

why were some subframes equiped with ajustable ends on one side and others came with both sides ? my wagon has them on both side but the sub frame i got from a egt has ajustments on 1 side ?

The links are used to adjust the rear toe in/out but if you got 2 adjustable on the same side you can set camber as well. Strut/spindles goes in or out.
Don't mean to question you but are you sure you have 2 adjustable links on each side on your wagon 'cuz I've been looking for a way to adjust camber on the back without using plates....

[stylingtwagon]

no its not two on one side its one on each side ,but the subframe i got from a buddy has a solid on one side and ajustable on the other.?

[MazdaNoob]

yeah alot of early egt's came that way ... ( cost savings i assume) just swap over the extra ajustable one from your old setup. all new replacements are adjustable as well