Please print these articles out. Here we installing our new 5 Lug Rear disc brake kit. Again we wanted to see how well they work and see if there was going to be any challenges installing them. John Bol again gave me a hand. I'm very excited that I will be able to run 5 lug disc brakes on the rear of this car. I had looked at other 5 lug kits that all all billet aluminum and they are awsome set ups. They just cost much more than I wanted to spend. This kit for $299.99 was right up my alley and is going to make the tires stick ou farther. Now were talking! The foot print messuered 67 1/2", the rotors are 1"wider than stock drums, but must have more of an inset as we found out later.   Ok time to start disassembling. Project Baja had stock rear type 3 drum brake that the drums were drilled and had 14mm press in studs and Porshe style lug nuts hold on the Centerline wheels.   The type 3 rear brake system worked very well and allowed us to run a 5 lug drum an an IRS car, that you know came with 4 lug drums. The type 3 set up also had much wider brake shoes. This kit is designed for off-road and has a heavy duty caliper bracket. I took this photo to show the differance between the two brackets. With the rear arms boxed the only way we were able to install the caliper was straight up. I would of preffered it to be facing torward the rear of the car. But our consenus was it should work fine and not get in the way..   The calipar bracket fit well and has not needed any clearancing. John then installed the a new seal and then put the rotor on.. We have our first modification, but it is a very easy one. The caliper is to close to the rear part of the rotor.. John used a flat washer between the bracket and the caliper to shim it out and it is now cetered better. If this is the worst thing that happens to us, we will be in good shape.. You can see in the photo how much better the caliper looks.. . Close up. Again we are going to use 12mm screw in studs with lug bolt washers.. With out these washers, the lug nut will not hold well with the size of the hole on a Centerline. The end of the screw in stud has an allen head socket for easy installation. You will need to use some red lock tight. Here is a good shot from under the car. Everything is hooked back up and John has bled the brakes and the wheels are back on. The footprint of the car is now 68 1/4". So we widened the car by 3/4 of an inch I have to say that I was impressed how easy both the front and the rear disc brake kits were to install. Either one of these projects should take no longer than a couple hours to complete. I am really amazed at how fast we can stop this bug know and we were replace basically new brakes front and rear. Previous Page             Begining