how hard would it be to swap out drum breaks to disk breaks?

[Tyler]

question in subject...

im sick of the drum breaks and how they look.

pain or no pain to swap drum breaks to disk? lot of money?

[hockeyman]

You'll need to contact someone that is parting out an old disk rear. Buying these parts new is totally insane!
You'll need:
* Disk brake emergency cables
* Disk brake backing plates
* both metal brake lines that go from the center of the rear to the bottom of the axle at the ends, and the rubber hose extensions at the end that go to the calipers
* calipers
* rotors

I believe that's about it. When removing the old backing plates, you'll need to pull the rear diff cover to remove the axles. The backing plates will NOT come off with the axles installed.
It isn't that hard of a swap. The hardest thing about it is finding all of those parts you'll need.

-Marc

[camaro28]

it sucks.

i swapped in a disc rear off a Z28...not fun at all. They are now working, however the pads are only grabbing on the outer inch of each rotor....dont know if the calipers arent on all the way or what...too tired to mess with it for a while....just keep the drums..they are more than adequate for most driving.

[CamaroRob97]

I converted and it wasn't really that hard. YOu dont need no brake lines ya just bend the old ones a lil and thats it.