drum brakes

[kensvan]

Nozmonkeys,on your van do you have rack and pinion steering and a brake booster under the dash,if so you can swap the front drums with disc brakes

[NozMonkeys]

I'll have a look tonite but I'm pretty sure its worm drive steering. I haven't found the brake booster in my carry with disc brakes. Maybe I ought to check that out too lol.

[synster]

yer disc brakes would be great.

[1156]

Sorry to dig up an old topic, but interested in looking into what it would cost to get disks on my carry, 86' SK410V. Just wondering how i can find out which steering system mine uses and if it had a brake booster, had a quick look at what i could see under the car and honestly dont know what i woud be looking for in terms of the steering systems, as it is enclosed, could post a photo if someone can tell? And where should/would the brake booster be?

Also, if my van is worm drive and has no brake booster, how much harder is it to get disks for it?

Any help appreciated

[NozMonkeys]

Basically you'll need all the parts off a model with the discs. So theres the brake booster, a vacuum line running to it and possibly a different master cylinder. Then you'll need to find front hubs, rotors and calipers.

Not to bad a job. Just removing the dash, not sure how you'll get on finding parts.

[1156]

Cheers for that, i phoned a few mechanics ect, and they reckon it would be a pretty big job, one of them mentioned something about having to change shock mounts aswell? Pretty sure its not as bad as some of them made out. Will have a look at a wrecker to try find my own parts, and have a look and see how hard it is to install, if its out of my skill level then ill get someone to do it