rear breaks - Saxperience

wallace570 · 19th January 2009, 22:54

how would i go about changing from drums to discs??

AlexB^p · 19th January 2009, 22:56

buy a disc beam is the easiest way mate

im asuming your vtr is an import if it has drums??
only other vtr with drums ive seen was an irish 1.4

wallace570 · 19th January 2009, 23:02

nah its got discs on it ive gt an axle for £50 nothing wrong with it but its gt drums so was gna swap my axle n put the discs from the vtr onto the other axle

AlexB^p · 19th January 2009, 23:05

ah right
youll need to put the disc arms on the drum beam
whilst the arms are off theyll need new bearings pressing in before you do it

also use the vtr torsion bars and antiroll bars as the drum beams tend to have smaller ones

wallace570 · 19th January 2009, 23:08

so do u think it would b cheaper for me just to get new bearings fitted for my vtr?

AlexB^p · 19th January 2009, 23:11

it depends how bad the wear on your vtr is as it may have damaged the pins the breaing sits on
and swapping them is a lot of effort (will cost around 300 quid to do the full refurb)

wallace570 · 19th January 2009, 23:17

hmm sounds like its gna be alot of fun lol

AlexB^p · 19th January 2009, 23:39

if you know what your doing and have the right bits its not too bad

wallace570 · 19th January 2009, 23:46

cheerz pal al have a wee tinker at the weekend, if a get stuk al give use lads a shout but hopefuly should be fine

AlexB^p · 19th January 2009, 23:49

its a long job tbh
but will be worth it at the end