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ZUKIWORLD Discussion Forum => Suzuki 4x4 Forum => Topic started by: 1BADKICK on February 04, 2006, 08:42:27 PM

Title: SIDEKICK REAR DISC CONVERSION KIT
Post by: 1BADKICK on February 04, 2006, 08:42:27 PM

DOES ANYONE MAKE A COMPLETE REAR DISC CONVERSION KIT FOR THE SIDEKICK?

Title: Re: SIDEKICK REAR DISC CONVERSION KIT
Post by: wildgoody on February 04, 2006, 10:21:44 PM

Working on it, full floater and disk rear brakes

Title: Re: SIDEKICK REAR DISC CONVERSION KIT
Post by: Uncivilized on February 04, 2006, 11:29:35 PM

Quote from: wildgoody on February 04, 2006, 10:21:44 PM

Working on it, full floater and disk rear brakes

full floating axle...What does that mean?

Title: Re: SIDEKICK REAR DISC CONVERSION KIT
Post by: wildgoody on February 04, 2006, 11:58:04 PM

The axle shaft supports no weight, the weight
is all supported by the axle housing.

This is the same setup as many 1 ton and 3/4
ton trucks, as well as all medium and heavy duty
trucks.

If you break an axle shaft, the wheel stays put,
doesn't come out or grind the axle shaft on the
housing inside.

 

Title: Re: SIDEKICK REAR DISC CONVERSION KIT
Post by: flexmonger on February 05, 2006, 01:27:17 AM

  Trail Tough has a kit to add rear disc breaks, but it would require a proportioning valve and a ebrake to finish.   check out: http://www.trailtough.com/images/samdiskbrk_small.jpg

Title: Re: SIDEKICK REAR DISC CONVERSION KIT
Post by: Chief on February 05, 2006, 09:12:55 AM

Quote from: flexmonger on February 05, 2006, 01:27:17 AM

  Trail Tough has a kit to add rear disc breaks, but it would require a proportioning valve and a ebrake to finish.   check out: [url]http://www.trailtough.com/images/samdiskbrk_small.jpg[/url]

That's the kit I used for mine. Needs sammi calipers and I used the front discs off a tracker. I have a line lock for my e-brake, and am getting this setup for the proportioning valve and residual valve. click here (http://www.spidertrax.com/s.nl/sc.2/category.79/it.A/id.1207/.f)

Line lock I am getting is this one. (http://www.spidertrax.com/s.nl/sc.2/category.81/it.A/id.620/.f)

Title: Re: SIDEKICK REAR DISC CONVERSION KIT
Post by: Rhinoman on February 05, 2006, 09:32:48 AM

I have rear discs on mine with Ford calipers. To get them to work properly I had to fit a disc/disc master cylinder. The disc/drum m/c doesn't push enough fluid to the back brakes. The proportioning valve works to some extent but all it really does is restrict the flow to the rear brakes so you get less power from them. They seem to work OK on Samurai conversions with Zuk front calipers because they lock up the rears with the discs on the back. I had the opposite problem, the rear brakes were quite ineffective. Because its a tandem m/c the additional pedal travel made the front brakes come in much later and I ran out of pedal travel before I could get full power from the fronts.
Edit:
To add to that there are two different sizes of m/c and mine was the smaller one so this may be less of an issue with the bigger version.

Title: Re: SIDEKICK REAR DISC CONVERSION KIT
Post by: Jimiweld on October 10, 2006, 07:03:46 AM

How do you set up e-brakes for the rear disc?
Jim

Title: Re: SIDEKICK REAR DISC CONVERSION KIT
Post by: Drone637 on October 10, 2006, 11:02:09 AM

You have to use a Line Lock or get a setup from a Subaru, which works if your using their calipers.  :)

With the Sammy you can just find an old SJ-410 E-brake kit or buy a driveline brake setup, I think Trail Tough makes it.  Not sure though.