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Longhorn Man · 06-25-2002, 05:17 PM

I may have gone overboard when I said silly, however....
Discs in the rear just don't improve the performance that much.
I had a smaller car that I blew out both rear brake cylinders,and, being that I was a private in the Army (E-1) with a family, I couldn't even afford to pay attention. (I'm talking I would skip a meal every day so wife and kid could eat well). I crimped off the brake line as she slowly stepped on the pedal, (to expel all the air) and I ended up with a firm pedal.
Honestly, I was kinda scared to drive it at first, but you couldn't even tell they were gone onless you were really pushing the car hard. The only other time is if you were turning and stomped on the woah pedal.
Now, I am not trying to say it is OK to go with no brakes...only in a pinch, (I've done worse than that though) however, even though it was in a much smaller and lighter car, the rear brakes just don't do that much work.
That is why new cars will go 100,000 miles and not need anything done to the back brakes. It is getting to be common place for the brake cylinders to burst before the shoes are actually worn. I have seen this on my wife's drum (rear) mid size SUV, and about 25 cars, light trucks, and even heavy duty (F-500) trucks in the shop I been workin in for the past 2 weeks.
Plus, as stated, there is no cheep way to do this, onless you are real good, or dam lucky. So the dollar verses performance comes up kind of short IMO.
I would be interested in seeing the 60 to 0 times on one of these trucks with disk/drum, and then the improvement after disk/disk.
100 bucks says it is not very much of an improvement.
I will stand my my opinion that it is not worth the cash.
But, again, this is just my opinion

06-25-2002, 05:17 PM	#8
Longhorn Man its all about the +6 inches Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Hilliard Ohio Posts: 2,690	I may have gone overboard when I said silly, however.... Discs in the rear just don't improve the performance that much. I had a smaller car that I blew out both rear brake cylinders,and, being that I was a private in the Army (E-1) with a family, I couldn't even afford to pay attention. (I'm talking I would skip a meal every day so wife and kid could eat well). I crimped off the brake line as she slowly stepped on the pedal, (to expel all the air) and I ended up with a firm pedal. Honestly, I was kinda scared to drive it at first, but you couldn't even tell they were gone onless you were really pushing the car hard. The only other time is if you were turning and stomped on the woah pedal. Now, I am not trying to say it is OK to go with no brakes...only in a pinch, (I've done worse than that though) however, even though it was in a much smaller and lighter car, the rear brakes just don't do that much work. That is why new cars will go 100,000 miles and not need anything done to the back brakes. It is getting to be common place for the brake cylinders to burst before the shoes are actually worn. I have seen this on my wife's drum (rear) mid size SUV, and about 25 cars, light trucks, and even heavy duty (F-500) trucks in the shop I been workin in for the past 2 weeks. Plus, as stated, there is no cheep way to do this, onless you are real good, or dam lucky. So the dollar verses performance comes up kind of short IMO. I would be interested in seeing the 60 to 0 times on one of these trucks with disk/drum, and then the improvement after disk/disk. 100 bucks says it is not very much of an improvement. I will stand my my opinion that it is not worth the cash. But, again, this is just my opinion Last edited by Longhorn Man; 06-25-2002 at 05:22 PM.