rear disc brake conversion

[toyguy]

hello

I did the rear disc conversion. I used '91 chevy 1/2 ton rotor "1 thick. I used 1985 eldorado rear calipers. My pads are loose in the calipers. I turned up prop. valve. still no luck, when i squeeze the brakes barely touches rotor, any help in this area would be awesome, the more specific the better

thank you again

toyguy

[unrepentant]

did you upgrade the master cylinder? I understand that if you don't, the original one will not move enough fluid for this upgrade(rear disks) go to the 95 landcruser m/c. That's probably your problem. I studied the rear disk upgrade quite a bit and they specified the m/c upgrade for the reason you specified. hope this helps

[jvmin]

the brakes are adjusted by the emergency cables
they should ratchet out to the rotors. try pumping the brakes as well

there is a valve that you can buy called a residual check valve that holds pressure on the lines to keep the brakes out near the rotors or even touching them.

[toyguy]

On the rear disc brake conversion, you have to take the parking brake lever off to allow the adjustment of the piston since they are threaded.

[CoreyPerez]

You need to cycle the parking brake lever. Just do your self a favor, pull those calipers, get the 'carlo calipers, and run with it. When inspection time comes around, swap the old caddy calipers in. Thats what I did when I had my Blazer. With the 'carlo calipers, it will put you through the windshied!!!

Corey

[68bullit]

what brake pads did you use?i just finished the swap(exactly as yours)but used the s10 4x4 pads and find mine to be actually tight on the rotor cause i didnt pull the calipers back all the way when i rebuilt them

i also used the 89-up master from a runner(the cast iron not the aluminum one)

i added the mc to the truck before the disc and what a huge difference with just 1 part.

[CoreyPerez]

You shouldn't be using s-10 pads, it should be the ones for that cliper, so it depends on what caliper you used, those are the pads you should be using!

Corey