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by **thedrunkfish** » Sat Mar 29, 2008 5:53 pm

I want to put disc brakes on the rear of my wagon, it's a 92 ae101 corolla gl. I understand that ae101 levin brakes will straight swap in with the handbreak cables, are there any other parts needed?
Cheers

by **20v_rollaboy** » Sat Mar 29, 2008 9:01 pm

Nup, thats all you will need. And CRC :wink:

by **thedrunkfish** » Sun Mar 30, 2008 12:02 pm

thanks man cos i tried to change the brake shoes yesterday and stuffed it up so my handbrake aint that good and the brakes arent that great either!

by **KinLoud** » Sun Mar 30, 2008 12:46 pm

My experience of bolting AE101 disk rear onto AE101 drum brake car...
Easiest was to bolt the whole rear subframe across:
- subframe
- hubs
- disks and calipers
- handbrake cables (you will need these from the disk rear)
All as one unit.

It can be a real pain to just do the hubs without the subframe. This is due to the big bolts that connect the hub to the track arms often being VERY difficult to take out!

You will also need to swap the brake bias valve (in the engine bay on the firewall) to give the correct brake bias with rear disk brakes.

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red car · by pc » Sun Mar 30, 2008 6:03 pm

Yeah, I was going to say the bias valve is necessary, otherwise the new back brakes will lock up before the fronts and that isn't cool.

by **thedrunkfish** » Sun Mar 30, 2008 6:19 pm

thanks, do i just get the bias valve from the wreckers or can it just be adjusted?

by **20v_rollaboy** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 1:41 am

Preferably get it from the car you are getting the brakes from. No the standard ones cant be adjusted.

When I done my disk brake conversion I didn't have the bias valve, and only changed it about 3 weeks after the conversion. I did some hard braking before and after, and couldn't tell the difference.

by **thedrunkfish** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 6:17 pm

yeh thats what i was gonna do, looks like a pain in the arse to get to. One other question, the brake hose coming off the new calipers is a rubber one but the one connecting to the drums is steel, will i need to get some new fittings to do the conversion?

by **20v_rollaboy** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 11:27 pm

Yes, where is connects up to the main line on the body.

by **thedrunkfish** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 8:05 pm

sorry i dont quite follow, do i need to get new fittings to go from caliper to the main brake line?

by **20v_rollaboy** » Sat Apr 19, 2008 1:34 am

Just get the lines from the car you are getting the brakes from.

by **thedrunkfish** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 7:29 pm

all good got it all sorted, cheers for the help. Lowering springs had been put in recently so the bolts came off without any hassles

by **bluemaumau** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 7:32 pm

yea i agree with ryno, my backs dont seem to do much, i mean they are obviously not supposed to, but i cant really tell the difference. maybe it just needs a massive bleed.

its gonna need it anyway things been off the road for 1.5years :lol:

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