Well....I'm broke

[stone_mound_camaro]

Is it a different experience trying to brake with drums? I dont think ABS drums exist do they?

[Elk]

Originally Posted by korndogg

conversion kits tun from about $700-$1000 for the front. When I do it, Im going to be going to 4 wheel disk.

Oh and Elk. All of this stuff NEEDED to be done ASAP. If you would like to donate money for it ill be glad to accept it. Im sorry that I can not please everyone all at once considering it is your car and all. And I have to get it done by the 18th which was 3 weeks when I started. So Id like to see you get all of the stuff Im doing and a disk brake conersion kit on top of that. These brakes are just to hold me over until I can get the kits. The brake parts didn't cost me barely anyything due to my CSK discount.

I figured swapping discs for drums on front was no big deal. If your waiting till you can do all 4 I can understand just redoing the drums.

Originally Posted by stone_mound_camaro

Is it a different experience trying to brake with drums? I dont think ABS drums exist do they?

They fade a lot faster then discs. They lose a lot of the stopping if you don’t take them apart and clean them a lot. They line between stopping and locking up the brakes is harder to find. And of course there not as powerful discs even when there working right.

[kahjdh]

they're cheap and last twice as long though

[Elk]

Originally Posted by kahjdh

they're cheap and last twice as long though

True, but it’s been my experience that replacing brake pads twice is way less work then keeping a set of drum brakes working right for the same amount of time.

[1986Z28]

why drum brakes are easy to change

[Elk]

Originally Posted by blownalcoholboy

why drum brakes are easy to change

Not as ease as discs. The drum is always rusted on the axle and when I get them off end of the axle the little bit of rust on the inside gets jammed against the brake shoes making it harder to get the drums off and when I do I have deal with all the springs and all the other stuff inside. Then I have to adjust them. And it’s been my experience that I have to take apart and clean and readjust the brakes 2 or 3 times to keep them working right before they wear out .

With disc brakes all I have to do is take off the caliper clean it replace the disc and pads put the caliper back on pump the brakes to adjust the pads. And then they work till they wear out.

[korndogg]

drum brakes arent as hard as your making them seem man. I do them all the time and they are easy as hell. If theyre stuck to the axle, you hit with a hammer a couple times. big deal. Oh and mine werent stuck to the axle by the way and I dont know when the last time they were taken off.

[Elk]

Originally Posted by korndogg

drum brakes arent as hard as your making them seem man. I do them all the time and they are easy as hell. If theyre stuck to the axle, you hit with a hammer a couple times. big deal. Oh and mine werent stuck to the axle by the way and I dont know when the last time they were taken off.

I was talking about dealing with drum brakes on a daily driver. I wouldn’t expect the drums to be stuck on your Camaro.