[shep]

i want to put discs on the rear of my sierra. i dont care about the legalities of it
however i do want to be able to safely stop.

what kits are available that work?

[ck13488]

pirate 4x4 link - stanza brake conversion

hope it helps shep

[lordfury007]

shep wrote:

i dont care about the legalities of it

I personally wouldn't mind knowing about the legalities of it. I was looking at doing it a few months ago, but its been put on the backburner for a while...

[5ierra]

Snake Racing do a kit, word on da street is dat day are mad expensive though. lol.

[royce]

you can redrill and weld the standard front caliper mounts to slip on the back and it all lines up if you face down the front of the drum about 1.5mmm dodgy but worked for me for years

[kenn]

Joeblow make's them to suite pintara rear caliper's so you can keep your hand brake .
And they are engineerable (in Vic).

[SuziBlu]

[BlueSuzy]

SuziBlu wrote:

Im not going to worry about disc rear end, have been told by the brake people this combo will out perform any road test required by gov.

This conversion is normally done for ease of simplicity and they don't need to be replaced as often as shoes on a 4wd. Its not mainly used for better braking.

Disc pads are easier to replace than Drum shoes.

For mud, Discs braking last than longer shoes in a drum, because mud normally gets in the drum, and sands the shoes away as it can't get out.
Another option is clean the drum every mud bash. But alot can't be bothered, like myself..

Discs and pads self clean.

If i was keeping suzuki diffs, i would be considering a disc conversion.

[SuziBlu]

Yea I can dig that, but as I will never take my suzi into mud, if I can at all help it, its just about braking ability for me.

As the fronts typically have 70% braking force, the cost of upgrading to discs for the rear for braking only, seems high, for ease of maintenance, yea, discs every time.

[Munster]

I'm putting R31 calipers on my Zook, with Sierra rotors.

Here are some photos of setup in progress -

[shep]

kenn wrote:

Joeblow make's them to suite pintara rear caliper's so you can keep your hand brake .
And they are engineerable (in Vic).

i thought about joe's kits but i have a trans mounted hand brake and pintara's aren't that common here.

i only want discs as i have just worn out my second set of shoes since i put the wt diffs in my car last October. unfortunately i have to drive through mud to get to the local shop.

[Zachius]

http://72.34.32.141/~snakerac/product_i ... 45587dfc7d

This is what you want if you want to keep Sierra rotors + calipers. The snake racing kit is rather expensive though... It works well though.

This is what I have on mine with a transfer mounted handbrake and a combination of WT and NT driveshaft (which I would guess is exactly what Shep is running)

It is a bit too biased towards the back but this can be rectified with a proportioning valve.

Alternatively http://www.lowrangeoffroad.com/index.ph ... rakes.html

[ninjadaniel]

i had discs all round on my jimny, got it mod plated no trouble- it does need a bias adjuster though because it was a bit like ripping the handbrake up when i stomped on the brakes.

also- vented LWB vitara front brakes would assist the front end in stopping better

[ZookiMonsta]

Munster wrote:

I'm putting R31 calipers on my Zook, with Sierra rotors

Also known as a Pintara.

[jdk81]

Munster wrote:

I'm putting R31 calipers on my Zook, with Sierra rotors.

Here are some photos of setup in progress -

Thats some nasty welds

edit: ive picked up a kit from the states to install subaru calipers on the rear. however i am currently undecided if i should install it or not.

[Fatzook]

jdk81 wrote:

edit: ive picked up a kit from the states to install subaru calipers on the rear. however i am currently undecided if i should install it or not.

Have you found the correct calipers yet? They are quite hard to find over here in oz.

[jdk81]

Yes, but need to go and get them.

[paulv]

shep wrote:

i thought about joe's kits but i have a trans mounted hand brake and pintara's aren't that common here.

Arn't Skyline rear brakes the same as Pintara's?
Skylines are very very common.

[shep]

paulv wrote:

shep wrote:

i thought about joe's kits but i have a trans mounted hand brake and pintara's aren't that common here.

Arn't Skyline rear brakes the same as Pintara's?
Skylines are very very common.

not here they aren't.

[paulv]

Can't get some sent accross from the local Darwin wrecker?
Good old Australia Post?
Believe those R31 brakes stayed the same across a lot of different year models of skylines?

[shakes]

jdk81 wrote:

Munster wrote:

I'm putting R31 calipers on my Zook, with Sierra rotors.

Here are some photos of setup in progress -




Thats some nasty welds

edit: ive picked up a kit from the states to install subaru calipers on the rear. however i am currently undecided if i should install it or not.

the welds will probably still hold, I'm curious as to the grade of those bolts holding the adapter plate on?

[steak_knife]

shakes wrote:

jdk81 wrote:

Munster wrote:

I'm putting R31 calipers on my Zook, with Sierra rotors.

Here are some photos of setup in progress -




Thats some nasty welds

edit: ive picked up a kit from the states to install subaru calipers on the rear. however i am currently undecided if i should install it or not.

the welds will probably still hold, I'm curious as to the grade of those bolts holding the adapter plate on?

& how you have mounted the rotor??

[joeblow]

soon to be delivered to a few of our members...........










oh....and notice the welds on that spring perch.......

[steak_knife]

joeblow wrote:

soon to be delivered to a few of our members...........










oh....and notice the welds on that spring perch.......

Yep, thay on the wrong side mate..

Is that the pintara caliper kit?? how much are you selling em for??

[jdk81]

joeblow wrote:

soon to be delivered to a few of our members...........










oh....and notice the welds on that spring perch.......

Always quality work Joe.

Joes gear makes the american made kits look ordinary.

[steak_knife]

jdk81 wrote:

Always quality work Joe.

Joes gear makes the american made kits look ordinary.

Yes it does..

[shep]

thanks joe, however all i see is 3 bits of lazer cut plate is that for the mitsi
calipers? what do ya do for a disk? and how does it all fit together?

[jdk81]

Shep
I think damo did a write up recently of his install (slightly modified) of Joes set up.

The disk is the sierra front disk.

The plate for axle to wheel studs etc, from memory was cut by joe too, or the drum can be machined down. EDIT: I was wrong, not part of the kit

And yes it uses the pintara calipers and cradles.

Little bit of pissing around with the brakelines and brakeline brackets, but it looks the goods.

EDIT: linky to damos write up http://auszookers.com/index.php?name=Fo ... pic&t=3797

[303zuke]

joeblow wrote:

soon to be delivered to a few of our members...........

Delivered??? I'm still waiting on a reply to a PM from a couple of months ago!! $$$ waiting.

[303zuke]

jdk81 wrote:

Shep
I think damo did a write up recently of his install (slightly modified) of Joes set up.

...
EDIT: linky to damos write up http://auszookers.com/index.php?name=Fo ... pic&t=3797

And also a link to Joeblow's thread on these brackets.