As the title asks. My sierra I am stripping at the moment has drums and I want disks on the back. I know I could buy a conversion kit but I think i would be cheaper buying another sierra.

I know drum brakes would be up to the job but I want disks purely for cosmetic reasons.

Also any ideas on how to get a sierra shell out of my garage and to the end of the drive for picking up by the scrappy.

Cheers
Jim

Mine came from a 2 litre GLSi but not all of them have discs so its a matter of finding one, as far as i know all the 4x4's have rear disc set up and ofcourse the cossies but the later would cost.

i have also seen some high spec ghia x estates with the rear disc set up too.

A conversion might not be that expensive and sometimes you can find 2nd hand parts.

Plenty of places (like MNR) do conversion plates so that rear calipers can be fitted to drum brake rear hubs. You will be buying new discs I presume, so you just need to find some rear calipers.

If i was to get the conversion plate from MNR is the only other thing I need the calipers.

I would be getting new discs.

Also are all rear calipers the same, apart from the Cossie.

[Edited on 17/2/06 by brashhighlander]

All 4x4 Sierras and any model fitted with ABS had rear disc brakes, not xr4i (drums) Just a matter of trying to find a car that fits the bill.

You may need a new master cylinder as well. It can vary between drum and disc brake equipped cars.

IIRC all sierra rear calipers are the same apart from the 4x4 cossie. check the link

http://www.speedways.co.uk/shop/index.html

thanks guys.

To answer the second question - get a couple of the trolleys used by bread manufacturers/supermarkets for wheeling around the trays of loaves. Two of them are more than strong enough to support the shell, and you can move it in any direction. I had one under the front end when I had dismantled that whilst sorting out the back, then one at each end and the shell moved easily.

Unfortunately I don't know where i would get my hands on some of those trolleys. It is not as if i can just nip allong to ASDA and ask to borrow a couple.

Cheers for the suggestion though. I may look out for something similar.

You don't need to ask - they don't belong to ASDA anyway!

Seriously though, you often find that other people have borrowed them from places like ASDA and not taken them back. Someone I know buys them from a scrap merchant occasionally so I got a couiple of him plus a really good one I found near home

I think I will have a good look about my local supermarkets then.

Thanks for the tip

I found it easier to get a grinder and chop it into managable sized chunks and take them to the dump, plus it was very satisfying.