Brilliant!!! I was shopping at Summit for a set for my front and rear 79 Trans Am and they said Wilwood doesn't make rears for this car YET here we are watching you install a set on a 10 inch rear. Off to get in touch with Wilwood now. Great straight forward video. Thank you.
Yeah, the rear stabiliser bar makes 8.2 inch axle work hard....but it's the car that gave birth to Radial Tuned Suspension. Glad it's got the brakes the last WB Statesman had...stock. Nice to see customers living Wilwood disks. Say hello to my mate Bryan "Woody Wood" when your on the phone next. Tell him XCTASY says Hi to 100 foot brake stopping distances at 60 mph. Those guys have got real engineering and follow up.
At 315..for a split second, I was mortified! Lol..thought ‘ NO WAY!’ Wilwood rear DRUM BRAKES!?…then of course it was just the emergency brake hahaha..
Hello sir, best Video on UA-cam showing that this can be done on the Gen2 F-body cars. I own a 70 Camaro RS I am building (SoCal Area) Any chance you can give the details on the rear end, 10 bolt 8.2 or 8.5 rear axle, and if you can share the model of the wilwood kit you used on this conversion? seems to be a theme with the GM family 10-12 bolt and wilwood.difficult to identify the proper kit for the 10 bolt.
Looks exactly on that kit I need for my 77 trans am 10 bolt axle. It seems that it is a 10 bolt axle in the movie also. What part number is on this kit you shows?. On summit racing there are many different types of kit so it’s a little hard to get the right one.
Hi Kiwi, tec advise if you have time, 65 mustang, fitted Willwood disc’s to front retained and refurbished drums on rear, to the European a bastard to adjust, (up on axle stands) have the spoon tool, but it’s like wallpapering the hallway through the mailbox, considering opening the adjustment slot out into a hole, rubber bung etc, ? Thanks !
It shouldn't be that hard to adjust really. I usually get them close with the drum off. Keep adjusting them up till it's hard to get the drum on. Try practicing with your spoon tool while the drum is off so you can see what your doing and can get a feel for what you need to be doing. if you can get them close the auto adjusters should do the rest. Best way to auto adjust is to reverse the car at a good speed and then get hard on the brakes 3-4 times ( find a good sized car park) sounds goofy but it works!
@@kiwiclassicsandcustoms9160 yes, I can actually adjust them on or off, slackening them off is tricky laying flat on your tits with a small screw driver releasing the pawl and digging around with your spoon, just a bit awkward, half a dozen springs, clockwork mouse self adjuster etc, amazing how they ever got to the moon really, just thought if anyone has a easy way of doing this it would be you, ha ! Well you have, practice & get used to it mate ! Get the whole thing a bit higher off the floor would help too, Kiwi, your advice much appreciated ! Enjoy your videos and all the best, Don.
The part numbers vary depending what rear axle you have, what bolt pattern the axle retaining flange is and what the offset of the axle flange is. Wilwood have a lot of info on their website to help you identify what you have. They also have a very good tech line that can help you
If the car had rear drum brakes isn’t there a check valve in the master cylinder that maintains some line pressure on the wheel cylinders? When converting to rear disc brakes shouldn’t that check valve be removed?
Brilliant!!! I was shopping at Summit for a set for my front and rear 79 Trans Am and they said Wilwood doesn't make rears for this car YET here we are watching you install a set on a 10 inch rear. Off to get in touch with Wilwood now. Great straight forward video. Thank you.
Thanks for watching and glad it was helpful!!
Not just an excellent video but very informative 👍
Thanks
Yeah, the rear stabiliser bar makes 8.2 inch axle work hard....but it's the car that gave birth to Radial Tuned Suspension. Glad it's got the brakes the last WB Statesman had...stock. Nice to see customers living Wilwood disks. Say hello to my mate Bryan "Woody Wood" when your on the phone next. Tell him XCTASY says Hi to 100 foot brake stopping distances at 60 mph. Those guys have got real engineering and follow up.
This explained a lot for me Kiwi!
Thank you!
Your welcome man
That was a really good tutorial. People will be referring to this for years.
Could you perhaps talk about how you ended up in Tennessee?
Well thanks! I may do a little video on that subject if you all are interested
At 315..for a split second, I was mortified! Lol..thought ‘ NO WAY!’ Wilwood rear DRUM BRAKES!?…then of course it was just the emergency brake hahaha..
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Great show guys. One tiny suggestion. Please get an external microphone for Kiwi. It will really improve the presentation.
Roger that!
Hello sir, best Video on UA-cam showing that this can be done on the Gen2 F-body cars. I own a 70 Camaro RS I am building (SoCal Area) Any chance you can give the details on the rear end, 10 bolt 8.2 or 8.5 rear axle, and if you can share the model of the wilwood kit you used on this conversion? seems to be a theme with the GM family 10-12 bolt and wilwood.difficult to identify the proper kit for the 10 bolt.
Looks exactly on that kit I need for my 77 trans am 10 bolt axle. It seems that it is a 10 bolt axle in the movie also. What part number is on this kit you shows?. On summit racing there are many different types of kit so it’s a little hard to get the right one.
Check that rubber brake hose :)
Ahh yes, glad you've been paying attention!! This car has had most everything replaced including that hose 😁
Love this video and details, my fronts are disk so I'm just converting my rears. Do I need to change the master cylinder also?
Change proportion valve to disc front and disc rear.
Hi Kiwi, tec advise if you have time, 65 mustang, fitted Willwood disc’s to front retained and refurbished drums on rear, to the European a bastard to adjust, (up on axle stands) have the spoon tool, but it’s like wallpapering the hallway through the mailbox,
considering opening the adjustment slot out into a hole, rubber bung etc, ?
Thanks !
It shouldn't be that hard to adjust really. I usually get them close with the drum off. Keep adjusting them up till it's hard to get the drum on. Try practicing with your spoon tool while the drum is off so you can see what your doing and can get a feel for what you need to be doing. if you can get them close the auto adjusters should do the rest. Best way to auto adjust is to reverse the car at a good speed and then get hard on the brakes 3-4 times ( find a good sized car park) sounds goofy but it works!
@@kiwiclassicsandcustoms9160 yes, I can actually adjust them on or off, slackening them off is tricky laying flat on your tits with a small screw driver releasing the pawl and digging around with your spoon, just a bit awkward, half a dozen springs, clockwork mouse self adjuster etc, amazing how they ever got to the moon really, just thought if anyone has a easy way of doing this it would be you, ha ! Well you have, practice & get used to it mate !
Get the whole thing a bit higher off the floor would help too,
Kiwi, your advice much appreciated ! Enjoy your videos and all the best, Don.
Can you Please provide kit part number that you used? Thank you!
Do you have the kit part number? Looks fairly easy.
The part numbers vary depending what rear axle you have, what bolt pattern the axle retaining flange is and what the offset of the axle flange is. Wilwood have a lot of info on their website to help you identify what you have. They also have a very good tech line that can help you
If the car had rear drum brakes isn’t there a check valve in the master cylinder that maintains some line pressure on the wheel cylinders?
When converting to rear disc brakes shouldn’t that check valve be removed?
Some masters do some don't
If it has one then yes remove it
Where is that C clamp...
They look at me funny here when I say C clamp ......