Hilux rear disc conversion??

[MudLux101]

im sick of loosing rear brakes after going through a few bogs. what is involved in doing this conversion??

does anyone have a template of the brackets or some photos of the conversion.

any help would be great

[dreama]

try snake racing last i heard the kit was nearly finished and that was a few months ago

[MudLux101]

i checked out there site and its still a not ready.

im also after something a bit cheaper than the $1650 listed on there site

Ive read a few past post and have a rough idea of what to do but without the pics, i still dont quite get how to do the brackets.

[Hales231271]

I'm in the process of doing a rear brake conversion to the lux.

Using subaru front callipers (can get heaps)
Hilux solid front rotors or mabey nissan GQ
Have to make brackets but in search for an old housing
so I don't have mine off the road.(use as fitment)

Looking into running a 80's master to try and get the bias correct,
but will play around first and see how it is without master change.

Check this link out .
It's on a surf but no doubt it will give you an idea.
Has pics

http://www.toyotasurf.asn.au/forum/view ... isk+brakes

[Hales231271]

Also this link.

http://members.iinet.net.au/~ozrunner/Discs.html


Cheers

Dazza

[4sum4]

Also search on here

[MudLux101]

thanks Hales231271. at last a picture to to go with the idea. can you just run a standard hilux / gq or do they need to be moded??

i found some search results on here, but without the pics i couldn't really work it out.

If anyones got a pic of this setup on the rear of a 89-97 axle it would be great to see

[MudLux101]

standard hilux / GQ disks that is

[Rexlux]

I know Off Road Industries (Chaos) do a rear disk kit for hilux.
9748 1116

[De-lux]

I know Off Road Industries (Chaos) do a rear disk kit for hilux.
9748 1116

you got a price?

[HIL01X]

im sick of loosing rear brakes after going through a few bogs. what is involved in doing this conversion??

does anyone have a template of the brackets or some photos of the conversion.

any help would be great

I'm glad you asked as I was thinking about this myself.
I can get the solid hilux discs and subaru calipers and make the brackets but what else is needed?
Longer studs?
Brake hoses?
Any change to master cylinder/Valve thingo down the back (I've forgotten what it's called)?

[MissDrew]

Take axle complete with drum brakes, remove wheel bearing and the complete drum setup, then have the outer edge of the axle flange machined down and the inner of the rotor machined out so that they go over the other with a tight fit. Put the axle wheel bearing back together without any of the drum brake setup, just need the bit that bolts up to the housing (der) . Then put axle back in housing and bolt it on complete with the new braket for the calipor, slide the rotor over the wheel studs and now bolt the calipor on to the bracket, now you only need to hook the lines up which you`ll need a flairing tool for and to hook up the handbrake line.


My rear disk setup cost me

$90 for the calipors
$140 for brand new rotors (I think they was this much, this was over 3 years ago)
$50 for the machining.
$125 for a 93 petrol GXL master cylinder.

Took all of about 2hrs to put on as I had another pair of axles that I had pre machined.

[HIL01X]

Thanks for that Guts.
I didn't think about the machining bit. And obviosly you need a 4 wheel disc master cylinder.
I dont have spare axles so that will be a bit longer out of action

[MissDrew]

Another thing is the handbreak lever on the suby calipors needs to be taken off and turned 90 deg because the cable pulls from the front on the subis and on a lux you need it to pull across the diff. To do this you need to remove a rubber boot over the lever and carefully grind off the weld that is there untill you can slide the lever off the splines, turn it 90 and then tac weld it back on and then put the rubber boot back on. Then you will need to modify the end of the lever a bit so that you can still use the standard lux cable and pin setup for connecting the handbreak cable to the lever.

This bit takes about 45mins from memory, its very easy.

[MissDrew]

You don`t have to change the master cyl but the breaks will be rite at the bottom of the pedal and feal spongy if you don`t.

I haven`t yet but I`m also going to change the booster just to see if it makes them better again.

I had to back the rear break prop valve (on the rails under the back) off a bit as the rear would lock before the front. To do this is only a matter of bending the lever going to the diff untill you are happy with the amount of bias.

also look at the subi calipor thread as I have replied in there as well, so between the 2 threads you should be able to see what you need to do.

[MissDrew]

ttt

[diesel028]

Guts, not sure if this has been mentioned before or not, but can we do some sort of grouping together of all the different tech sorta things and make them stickies.....so we can all sorta find them a little easier.

Im interested in doing a rear disc conversion, and having the thread as a sticky may just hurry me up in doing it, if its there to see every day

[diesel028]

Ive just checked the Nissan section and they have it setup for each type of vehicle. Maybe we could do it similar, eg Hilux Bible, Landcruiser Bible, etc

[whiteknight]

yeah I like that idea of grouping the techie /mods posts..

make it a hellofalot easier ..

[Hales231271]

Hey Guys

I have some good picks of the conversion as I am doing it right now.
I can send them to someone who can host them and post them when
a bible is formed.


Cheers
Dazza