rear disc conversions. inform me

[Logan360]

Right guys. tell me about rear disc conversions. have always been wing to do one.

what discs are used?
what hubs and calipers?
brake lines and hand brake?
cv joints and matching?

tell me EVERYTHING!!

thanks

[mac]

Why do you need rear discs ? The 300 series is quite close to being over braked on the rear anyway.

With a "brand new" system front and rear (until front pads bed in) it is ridiculously easy to suffer from
rear lock up induced oversteer on a 340 let alone a 360 with larger rears anyway. Even for "spirited"
use you should only need to consider a better grade of front pad to guard against fade.

Mac.

[Logan360]

Its more or less my hubs are buggerdand my slaves and shoes. and i like my cars to stand out. to get the rear setup fixed I'm loking about £50 and i though discs would kill two birds with one stone

[Ride_on]

How are your hubs buggered?

Wheel cylinders are cheap, and all other parts easily available. There is a good thread on bearing replacement.

Some modern cars I've worked on have spring loaded handbrake drive pistons (from cables) built into the calliper, so that might save fitting dual drum/disk jobs (like on the 940). But these cars are FWD so you need something from a RWD car like a BMW or a later 4x4.

I agree with Mac, the standard items are fine. Its a huge engineering job to adapt something and I just don't think there is enough space.

[Logan360]

Bearing replacement is that diy cause i have no access to any form of sins press to push them out

[Ride_on]

Yes DIY with the right bits. I hammered mine out with a tube, but maybe possible to do in an oven it should fall out at about 200C, but grease will drain out and might be a fire/smoke/cancer hazard.

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