imported_loudsubz

I replaced one of my trailing arms with EF's or CRX's, dont know for sure.. all I know is the drum diameter is smaller than my stock unit.

Now i have a smaller drum on the passanger side and stock on the drivers. Would braking be affected by this much, or shoudl I swap both trailing arms for the smaller units?

bbarbulo

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AFAIK, you can reuse your stock drum on the EF trailing arm. Wait... was this the brake issue you experienced?

imported_loudsubz

yes it was... i think it might have been the wheel cylinder with the broken off bleeder screw... seems to work better now... havnt bled it fully now...

but anyways i had the parts.. and didn't want to buy new ones so I just swapped the trailing arm combo with a brake cable too.

bbarbulo

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you know... though it's not what I'd do, you could leave it as it is. Just remember that when you gotta buy new drums It will not affect braking performance on the street in any noticable way.

so you don't need the lines, calipers, booster, and M/C I was gonna bring? right?

imported_loudsubz

nope no need for em anymore B, although i really appreciate the help

i think it was the wheel cylinder afterall, maybe it was pooched inside or something...

but to date I have swapped M/C with a rebuilt unit, put in a a diff brake booster, and checked all lines, the last part seemed to help

EFEF

if you have to replace it, I'd go with the disc conversion and be done iwth it.

imported_loudsubz

why spend money?? i just need to get the car back and running to sell it

punkindrublic

for the rears i wouldn't even worry... the rear brakes hardly any work anyways... thats a solid ghetto mod though

perhaps a slight weight reduction as well

imported_loudsubz

would it matter to get it cert. though? do they look at that kinda of stuff?

if so its no big deal for me to swap both of them

punkindrublic

i doubt they'd even think to check the diameter of the drums they'd look at them but i doubt they'd take the both off and line them up

bbarbulo

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punk, for certification, they have to measure the thickness of the rotors and they diameter of the drums to make sure there is enough life left in the brakes. I'm sure they'll notice something's up.

loudsubz, why not get a new wheel cylinder? they are about $15 in my experience. (2 years ago for the Samurai) at Carquest. Call around. Real easy to change too!

imported_loudsubz

I might do that, or just swap the drums to make them the same on both sides, there not that much diff