Does this sound right to you guys (anyone that knows that is):

http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill.../Disc2Drum.htm

It seems a little too simple...i thought you had to get new master cylinder and **** as well?

 

no, that's right.... but it depends on how half-assed you want to do it? That's doing the bare minimum, next step is the correct prop valve, and the next step after is the master cylinder, and then after is the booster. That's in order of importance.

 

that's what I thought...that's also a shitload more work eh...probably not something I'd wanna do myself.

 

no... nothing is difficult. it's all nuts and bolts man! only takes time and patience. get a set of brake line wrenches... they'll save you a lot of hassle.

the rest is experience... like how to deal with bolts that are a bitch, or difficult to get to, etc.

 

yeah...I might do it BUT when it's warm out not now heh. I also don't trust myself bleeding brakes so I'd pay someone to do that for sure.

 

bleeding the brakes is the #5 easiest regular maintenance to do.

1. oil change/tranny fluid and lube
2. air filter
3. spark plugs
4. distributor service
5. brake bleeding
6. brake pads
7. valve adjustment
8. everything else.

 

I tried bleeding them once...didn't work out too well...I wasn't using a kit though. One day when I was changing my brake pads I got pissed off cuz I snapped a stud taking my tires off and accidently undid the bleeding screw instead of the one to let the caliper move up. that was fun.

 

You don't need a kit... just a frutopia bottle and a clear vinyl hose from home depot at $0.12 a foot.

Grab a Chilton and read it... or Haynes has a book specifically just on brakes... it's a whole brake manual. The $20 spent there will save you a lifetime of paying for bleeding.

 

Does the Honda Service Manual advise how to does these procedures?

Thanks,

 

I have a hayne's manual and tried doing it buy i obviously didn't do it properly/

 

yes .. the honda service manual covers all basic maintenance....

 

one key to remember is to have some brake fluid in the jar and you need 2 people to properly do it

 

anyone know the size of the rear rotor size of a 94-2000 gsr?

 

b16a2 - 9.4 inch, 0.35 inch thick

 

bruno...what would be the downsides to doing the most basic swap over? shitty braking?

 

i guess what im asking is...would i be better of staying with drums if i didnt get the whole swap or would the most basic swap still be way better then the drums?

 

to be honest, other than visual impact, there is little to no benefit on a street driven vehicle to doing the swap.

however, if your brakes already need work, then why the hell not, it costs about the same anyways (plus or minus a couple hundred bux).

you will not notice any difference in braking, other than of course given the same pedal effort your foot will travel further down to get the same braking force. Reason being, wheel cylinders (in layman's terms the thingy that is the hydraulic actuator of the drum brakes) are tiny and require little volume... calipers are in comparison pretty big and require more volume. So given a constant master cylinder diameter (13/16 I believe, or maybe even 11/16 ) your foot will have to travel lower to displace the required amount of fluid.

The prop valve... you can keep yours, but it would be nice to get a 4 wheel setup off a 2G integra.

The best thing to do if you want a cheap improvement would be to get a rebuilt Integra master cyl, new flex lines, GOOD quality pads, and cheap aftermarket rotors/drums all around, and rebuilt wheel cylinders and maybe rebuild your own calipers if you know how.

Basically, everything in your brake system will be new, and the car will perform accordingly, EXCEPT with a nice big new master cylinder.

 

one more question, is there any way to distinguish a rear gsr brake from any other brake?

 

get the 90-93 integra rear trailing arms, new bushings, and get the mastercyl and brake booster from a NON-ABS integra, also grab the 40/40 prop valve..

if you need any help msg me...

red90dx.

 

bb. the tegga 90-93 is 15/16" you can also use the master cylinder from a 2nd gen prelude..they are also 15/16"