Sunday 5 June 2011

Changing Drum brakes to disc ,is it that easy ? ?

i have a toyota corola 2007 and wana change the brakes of all 4 tyers from drum to disc brakes, is it that easy , or do i need to change other things, coz i heard theres some controller that is programed with the drum brakes and if i put disc it might mess it up or something ?





thanks|||not so easy....especially if you have anti lock brake,s....disc brake,s distribute approx.75% to front/25% to rear...as where drum brake,s distribute approx. 60% front/40% rear...changing over would involve...master , line,s %26amp; hose,s , proportioning valve , wheel spindel,s , bracket,s , antilock sensor,s , %26amp; antilock computer...and probably a few other thing,s I havent thought of.....it would be much easier if you had a donor car....good luck!|||Since your car already has decent disks on the front I would leave the drums on the rear. The cost to replace them would not be worth the expense. The fronts do most of the actual stopping so your improvement to cost ratio would be very low. Spend the money on gas and save some for when you smash something or need a new timing belt. You will be glad you did.