May 9, 200619 yr Okay, I have a '91 Loayale wagon. It came with the completely lame rear drums. The car stopped, but the brakes feel spongy, and doesn't really feel like Good Brakes should. But, I found a set of disks for $120 on this Fine Site! (Thanks Baccaruda!) So I set aside a day to do this, printed out the procedure, again posted on this FINE site, ( http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/forum/showthread.php?t=49975 ) and went to work! First problem, well, at first there weren't any. The 1st side came of perfectly. Even the brakeline wsa a breeze! Put the disk on. Done! (I did actually not tighten the line, but I caught that before bleeding!) On the the next side. I couldn't get the brake line off! It stripped. I tried every Nut Loosener and still couldn't get it to budge with Vise-Grips. So, I tried the line going into the backing plate. He Scores! Came right off. So, I had an extra 6" of brake line. Everything goes on, and it's time to bleed the lines. I had both back tires off, and the rear up on jackstands, just to make it easier. These cars have a wierd bleading patern. D-Front, P-Rear, P-Fron, D-Rear. I guess the resivoir runs back to a block or manifold, the the distribution point is just in front of the D-Rear tire. Whatever. I get my GirlFriend to Pump 'em up, and Gooosh! Bleeding great! She starts pumping them up again, and she says "It's not pumping up!" I look in the resivoir, and it's empty! I fill it, and she pumps, sucks it dry. I look at the ground, and brake fluid everywhere! I had a line so rusty that it ruptured. I have to believe that, since I did not disturbed this line in any way, that it was about to go, and probably would've the next time I drove this car. Kinda scary, considering all the kids that play in the street where I live. SO, now I've got the car at a brake shop, having all the lines checked, and replacing the crust/rusty ones. But the brakes should be good after that! The procedure posted is AWESOME! It took me about 2 - 3 hours from start to, well, Rupture! I'll post more when I get the BanditWagon back. Fat Tony - http://www.smashbandits.com
May 9, 200619 yr Author Hey L-2.7! Sure. I'll post some. Have you looked at the link at how to do this? Good pictures there, along with Step-byStep instructions. I figured your Loyale would have triple Disks! Fat Tony - http://www.smashbandits.com Please, Post Pics... I wanna do the Rear Disc Conversion Too... Good Luck!
May 9, 200619 yr i WAS gonna do the rear disc conversion on my hatch, but the only FWD car in the local junkyard with rear discs was crushed a few days ago... there is an xt in the yard that hit a deer or something, too bad its 4wd. i know...i COULD do a fwd to 4wd swap, but some rust holes are telling me otherwise. besides, next week im picking up a MINT 91 loyale with d/r for the low low price of 500 bucks. the owner complains of it misfiring...i'm leaning towards improper cam timing.
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