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01-25-2008, 02:22 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Sewell, NJ
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Info on changing my rear end
I have a 94 with rear drums. Im looking for information on how i should go about upgrading them to disk breaks. If you could bear with me im not a car guy but i am slowly becoming one everythime something goes wrong with my car.
-what does "posi" mean when you talk about a rear end?
-what gears should i be looking for? what year f-bodys should i look for?
I guess well start there, and again im sorry i dont know more - im gona do some searching on this board, but i wanted to post something.
Thanks for any info!
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01-25-2008, 02:29 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Sewell, NJ
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ok i understand posi...ha, sorry i wasnt sure i was correct, but i was right. so i want a posi rear: found one out of a 94 for $250 ( is that a decent price) but what is a shop going to charge me (ball park) to install.
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01-25-2008, 08:08 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2004
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buy beers(soda for under 21) and pizza for a bunch of guys here, and i think you'll get some free labor, lol
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01-25-2008, 08:14 AM
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Join Date: May 2007
Location: lincoln park, nj
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im selling one on craigslist and i think we have been e-mailing eachother its not a tough job to install it all you need is a floor jack and spring compressor
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01-25-2008, 09:37 AM
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You don't need a spring compressor to change in a rear in a 3rd or 4th gen.
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01-25-2008, 10:18 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Sewell, NJ
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3rdgenlt1 - oh ok, yea. Im deff interrested. 2hrs away is not that bad.
i would buy whom ever a keg if they installed it for me!
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01-25-2008, 10:46 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2004
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the hardest part will be changing the brakes over from drum to disc, ie bleeding etc. ive done several rear end swaps, f and g bodies and it can go real quick
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01-25-2008, 12:28 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Hillsborough, NJ
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If you can't find anyone to help you out for beer and pizza let me know and I'll quote you a good price to do it at my shop.
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01-26-2008, 05:41 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Galloway, NJ
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Originally Posted by usp55
3rdgenlt1 - oh ok, yea. Im deff interrested. 2hrs away is not that bad.
i would buy whom ever a keg if they installed it for me!
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Where you located at and do you have the rear now? i jsut installed one last december in bubba's car, and several times in mine. Id have no problem banging that out on a weekend day. PM me and we'll see whats up.
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01-27-2008, 09:48 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: West Berlin, NJ
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Originally Posted by Blacdout96
Where you located at and do you have the rear now? i jsut installed one last december in bubba's car, and several times in mine. Id have no problem banging that out on a weekend day. PM me and we'll see whats up.
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He's located in Sewell. And your part of the reason hes driving around with no back brakes????
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01-27-2008, 10:41 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Galloway, NJ
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PM sent
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01-27-2008, 11:16 AM
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11 second club / Moderator
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PM sent
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was only messin' with ya.
USP If you need help or advice I'll do what i can. I may have my rear end for sale pretty soon.
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01-31-2008, 07:43 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Haledon, NJ
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Originally Posted by deadtrend1
He's located in Sewell. And your part of the reason hes driving around with no back brakes????
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 I heard about that
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01-31-2008, 07:56 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2006
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Id find a whole rear end, contemporary corvette has them... no sense in converting over cost way too much..
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01-31-2008, 07:59 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2006
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def don't need a spring compressor.. I had the camaro on floor jacks and the rear on a jack and did it that way...... The conversion from drum to disc is no change in brakes on a 3rd gen atleast, except for proportioning valve.....
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01-31-2008, 08:00 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2006
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I have a disc brake proportioning valve for sale...
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01-31-2008, 08:20 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Galloway, NJ
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Originally Posted by Teds89IROC
I heard about that
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believe me, if only you knew 
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Uh yeah, after they surprized buttsecks us at Pearl Harbor?
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01-31-2008, 08:53 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Haledon, NJ
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Originally Posted by Buoniconti81
Id find a whole rear end, contemporary corvette has them... no sense in converting over cost way too much..
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I bought my 3.42 posi from them, they had a crazy sale on ebay $100 and $100 shipping to a business. Good people to deal with.
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01-31-2008, 09:29 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Jackson, NJ
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I just put a new rear in my '83 camaro, its real easy, just take bolts out and put them back in. 
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