Need help on LSD and disc brakes

[Will]

Hey i have a 96 camaro with drums in the back. I cannot find a rearend for drum brakes anywhere. I found one with 20k on it for 500 with disc brakes. It is a lsd with 3.42. My question is what all is involved in changing drums to discs in the back and how can i make it fit?

[Turbo V6 Camaro]

rear swap

http://viper03af.50megs.com/custom2.html

[hockeyman]

Originally posted by Will:
I cannot find a rearend for drum brakes anywhere.

Why are you even looking for it? If yours is bad, go with disks.
Go to the search button up top. You'll get all the info you need on swapping the rearends, or follow viper04af's guide.

[CamaroKRAZED]

Dude, you would have to be crazy not to go with the rearend that only has 20K on it and discs! In addition to that you're also getting a LSD with 3.42 gears... and all for 500 bucks?
The benefits of 4-wheel disc and a LSD are obvious.
Good Luck though, i hope everything works out.

[Nathan]

Well I wouldn't call him crazy. I was able to get my Z28 rearend with rear disks (didn't need them) for $425 shipped. If that is all that you can find at the moment then I say go for it. Changing over from drums to disks is not bad at all and disks are definately better. Take a quick look around to see if you can find a better deal, if not go for it.

[merlinsrealm]

I am going through this swap right now actually.....I got a deal on a complete rear with 3.42's from a 2000 WS-6 with 15000 miles on it for 150.00 :D .......

The problem I am going to have is not being able to use my ABS because the new rear is a 4 channel


Not sure how to handle that one yet......

[FunkZ]

Merlin, I also picked up a 3.42 Auburn TCS rear and was looking very closely at how to make it work.

Brake lines: not really a big problem. Simply replace the mismatched left/right lines with ones that end in the same size threads. Then the existing T fitting and single rear line can be reused.

ABS: not sure what's going to happen here. The connector (where it plugs into the port on the car) is the same size and shape, only the new one uses 2 more wires than the stock. Since the stock 2-wire colors are in the same position on the plug as the 4-wire, I'm wondering if it wouldn't still work, just only reading from one of the axle sensors? Only reason I can think of why it wouldn't work is that the ABS computer is expecting a certain number of pulses from the rear in relation to the front (it monitors wheel speed) and of course the axle sensor gears are much smaller than the diff sensor gear, so is the computer going to throw a fit if it thinks the rear wheels are turning much slower than the front wheels?

<edit> RE the original question, try to get a rear that matches your drum rear. If you have TCS/4-channel ABS then try to get the same configuration. If you don't have TCS try to find one with the single brake line input and ABS sensor.

Make sure to get the e-brake cables from the new rear along with the calipers, rotors, etc.

[ September 16, 2004, 06:02 PM: Message edited by: FunkZ ]