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Rear axle swap
« on: May 09, 2009, 15:35:50 »
How hard is swapping the standard drum braked rear axle for a disc braked one from a discovery 1.

Thinking of doing the conversion for ease of maintenance and better brakes

cheers Mark
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Re: Rear axle swap
« Reply #1 on: May 09, 2009, 21:02:43 »
there is many threads on here about doing it

It is a simple swap and shouldn`t take more than a weekend, change alll the suspension bushes while your at it.
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Re: Rear axle swap
« Reply #2 on: May 09, 2009, 22:47:20 »
Quote from: russ3120 on May 09, 2009, 21:02:43
shouldn`t take more than a weekend,

 :lol: :lol:

It's only a couple of big bolts and bleeding the brakes, should only take an hour or two.
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Re: Rear axle swap
« Reply #3 on: May 10, 2009, 17:46:16 »
i intnd to do this withing the next few weeks, ill let you know how i get one,

on my list to buy other than the axle is
>2 gas shocks

erm, i think thats it

cheers kieran
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Re: Rear axle swap
« Reply #4 on: May 10, 2009, 18:01:49 »
Kieran, if you are removing the rear axle I would reccomend replacing the a - frame ball joint and the bushes, as otherwise, you will end up taking the axle off to do it again...Also, check the state of the brake lines.

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Re: Rear axle swap
« Reply #5 on: May 11, 2009, 00:33:26 »
cheers,
ill do the A-frame bushes and joint,

i have just replaced the trailing arm bushes with super pro ones so im not going to change them

cheers kieran
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Re: Rear axle swap
« Reply #6 on: May 12, 2009, 21:50:22 »
Just about to do this myself :)

have the axle, just waiting on a new ball joint and bushes :)
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Re: Rear axle swap
« Reply #7 on: May 19, 2009, 09:05:00 »
 Just done this job last weekend, Apart from 1 bolt not coming out of the axle, it all went fine, if we wouldnt of had the bolt  "issue" then i reckon about four hours from start to finish
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Re: Rear axle swap
« Reply #8 on: May 19, 2009, 19:31:26 »
I done this conversion a while back now and the difference in breaking was better but i need to get a new master cylinder. Brake pedal sinks when I'm in traffic.
No major problems when fitting, I had to undo the drivers side radius arm with a spanner as the rachet wouldn't fit. It did take me abit of time to do, but i do recon i could do one alot quicker now i know what to expect.
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Re: Rear axle swap
« Reply #9 on: May 22, 2009, 00:00:20 »
how annoying!! i have the axle sat on the garage floor along with all the bits to fit,but i have ran out of time so it'll have to wait untill next weekend  :roll: :evil:
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