Ass Transplant, Progress:98% Complete

[Link85x]

Finished the rear yesterday, and all i can say is wow! The swap is definitely worth all the trouble to get the damn thing on there (it was my 1st time). Posi is awesome. Wrightz28, the brakes work pretty good, better than before, but i know they can work better than what they are doing now. I'll be for know, consider i don't have that much power, i don't really need maximum stopping performance yet, like i said, they are way better than with the drum brake setup, and that without changing a prop valve or master cylinder on a 87 iroc. And thats with a brake line barely holding (changing it today, had to replace brake line on driver side because it wasn't there, and when we put the rear on, the pass side desided to go, it wouldn't screw well be it was rusted, but it's holding). I'm glad, it was a worthy swap, and anyone with a 3rd gen, if you come across a 4th gen rear for cheap, don't pass it up. You can get lucky, just find someone who doesn't know what there talking about . I even did a brake torque, to test the posi, and that was just awesome, didn't do it too long because of the brake line, but both tires where spinning, never felt that beforem feel like a get more traction.

[Link85x]

Damn, guess nobody cares... where's the love?

[tcfco2005]

way to go man...i just picked up my 4th gen rear sunday, and im putting it in this saturday...any tips to help me out with the swap.

[wrightz28]

Originally Posted by Link85x

Damn, guess nobody cares... where's the love?

Nobody cares, get a life.(was supposed to be the 'gives' smiley' but I see it's been disabled.

j/k man. Good to hear that it seems ok. I was just taking a cautious approach at the brakes, relax.

[Link85x]

No, wrightz28, you are absolutely right about everything you said, i'm definitely not knocking you. I can definitely tell that the brakes need more pressure, but i was shocked because everyone said you would need a new master cylinder and prop. valve to get the rear brakes to work at all. I just didn't have the money at the time of the swap (still don't it was thursday) to get the other two items, and when i hopped in the car, it stops better than before, i even ran it up to 60 and stopped and it stops really good, don't have to put feet to the firewall anymore.
Tcfco, my only tip to you is to make sure you eat, and have atleast one person there to help you out. And soemthing that will make it easier to take out rusted bolts. I'm hurting right now because of the bolts. It's pretty much a plug and play deal. Take off the following in this order, it will make it much easier, because i didn't do it this way, which made it so f'ing hard. Driveshaft, torque arm, shocks, then control arms, and it should fall, of cousre watch the brake lines hooked to the car and you can still use the current junction from the rear on there. It's weird, the damn thing seemed complete interchangeable, i was amazed at how easier it was. The 2% left is trying ti find out how to hook up the ebrake. There are these little bracket that surround the rubber part and the cable, and i can't get them to fit, which why i need those mounts from a 4th gen car, becuase the 3rd gen are to small, and i'm home free.

[Viper_Storm]

sweet dude, sounds like it went nicely, i recommend 2 days of relaxing to get out of pain..

[Link85x]

Thats what i planned to do, but i screwed that up by working out last night, there something wrong with my hand, it won't stop these sharp pains, copple-tunnel-syndrome or some shit like that. Ah.. the luxury of onwing a car.. and working on it.

[92zcamaroperson]

yep....i swear Im gonna have back problems when i get older because Im always leaning over an engine bay...

[Link85x]

I know what you're talking about, does a number on my knees to, for trying to lean over all the way. The worst one til this day is when i was under the car doing something and the damn ratchet fell out my hands and hit me inthe forehead, right above the eye, hurt like a mofo.

[92zcamaroperson]

hehehehehe....yup......happens all the time. It gets tough holding on to the friggin things when your hands are all greasy. Good times though. I just dont like fluid being dumped all over me. It happened with radiator fluid in a taurus. I drained the radiator but it still had some in there and it dumped all over me. Then the gas from the fuel filter....gasoline really starts to burn after a while of being on your skin.....oh and my favorite.....hot motor oil.....was changing my oil and i did a motor flush that you dump in and run it for 5 minutes or so....gets hot and when i took the oil filter off after draining the pan it dumped and ran all down my arm.....i crawled out of there so fast.....that is some hot stuff.... ahhhh but live and learn....as long as it dosent kill me.

[tcfco2005]

ya theres nothing like having hot liquid poured all on your face and dropping tools on your head.but hey thats a part of working on your own car...we decided to do the swap in two days one day take out the rear and the next put it in...im in no hurry to get it in so i was just going to take my time.I got lucky with the ebrake the guy i bought the rear from had it in a third gen and he is going to ship me the cable he used.

[Rally Sport]

Originally Posted by 92zcamaroperson

yep....i swear Im gonna have back problems when i get older because Im always leaning over an engine bay...

Yup, I remember I spent a couple of hours just leaning over, looking/fixing crap in my car, next day I was sore.

[Link85x]

Damn, good for you tcfco, tell me how your car pulls once you get it one there, i haven't given it WOT yet, waiting to get home now so i can install the other brake line. Hot motor oil is a favorite, i got a really bad rash onetime from antifreeze. But the most painful was when my grandmother battery was acting up, the battery terminal was all oxidized, and i pop it up some battery acid was all hard and cruddy around the terminal, that shit got in my eye and it started burning. I was scared, that i be blind, flush my eye for about 5 mins, and was good as new.

[92zcamaroperson]

yeah supposedly acid isnt as bad to get in your eye as a base. Like if clorox or draino got in your eye. I got rust converter in my eye once. Bad stuff lemme tell ya. But its an acid and it was a very weak one at that so nothing was wrong. Just hurt....a lot....

[wrightz28]

I got some fiberglass insulation stuck in my eye a couple of years ago from a rash of heater cores (3 in a row) that came up as side jobs for much needed extra cash. Had to have my eye lid cut open to get it out, that sucked. Still twitches uncontrollably.

Got pissed once with a radiator petcock that was partially plugged. with 1/2 an hour left to get the car off the lift, so I figured I'd yank the lower hose since it was being replaced anyway. Well, it put up a fight, then gave up and I got a NICE hot sticky smelly bathing. Of course the numerous oil filter showers, although I've mastered the spin time on that one, now I barely get a drop off the filter.

Eh, oh yeah, first diff fluid change, hair half down my back, didn't realize somebody kicked the cath container and half my head became a mop full of used 90 weight, talk about smellen like a man.

My personal favorite, my first rear brake job. The drum would not come off. For two hours I beat on it, tugged and twisted, pryed, and the bastard wouldn't move. Finally got cold and tired enough, went indside rested up a bit and ate. Came back out and assumed maximum body torque position and the damn thing came off like it was being held on by a two month old. Flew straight back into the storage shelves, they dumped on all over me, had the damn drum fly into my face along the way, etc. Now that's learning the hard way.