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brake eating machine

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Post by ronoor »

as it says 10 months i have own this sierra i'm on my 4 forth set of rear brake shoes this4x4 is my weekender 400 to 600 ks on a set my :?: is the disc brake conversion is it easy just a bolt on cheers ron
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Post by Goatse.AJ »

Are you doing heaps of mud driving?

If not, then maybe you're not reassembling things properly?
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Post by lay80n »

Something is wrong here :!: :!: . If your driving heaps of mud you should be removing the drums after every mud trip and washing it out. If your not driving mud then you gotta look at how they are being fitted.

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Post by ronoor »

nothing but mud otways' paddys swamp . wash em every now and then when i can be botherd .did seach on this some bloke said he could chew a set in one day driving in mud so thinking the disc brake conversion
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Post by bazooked »

i used to do about 4 to 5 sets of shoes a year when driving mud, have fun.
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Post by Guy »

Convert to rear disks .. depending on the mud .. I could wear out a set of shoes in a day ...
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Post by christover1 »

There is bolt on disc conversions available.
Snake Racing do one, and a few places in usa do, too.
Not cheap, though, you may have to sell a kidney or something.
But saying that, my rear disc conversion has paid for itself in not changing shoes and cylinders, already. Pads are only $20 and caliper kis are about the same. But you hardly need either very much.
Mine (nissan pintara rear disc set up) was just over $100 in parts from a wrecker, but the labour to build the caliper mounts, welding etc was done by a good mate. This is the dear part of conversions.
Once done, tho, its very :cool: :cool: :cool:
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Post by Captain Carnage »

There is a couple of DIY rear disc conversions on the Suzukitech site,
http://www.worcester-networks.com/zookh ... 78ff90df37


Ive never done one, just noticed them on the site. hope it helps.
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Post by 85zook »

Geez theres some dodgy conversions in that lot. Just look at the one with the caliper mounted at the top of the rotor! How the hell is that supposed to apply leverage? And bleeding them would take days!
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