CPP chevy impala front disk brake conversion part 2 of 2
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 13 ก.ย. 2024
- in this video i show you guys how easy it is to adapt front disk brakes on a car that originally came with drum brakes up front. I use CPP brackets on my stock 2 piece spindle, i also use front brake rotors and wheel bearings off a 1970 chevelle, i use brake calipers, brake pads, and brake hoses off a 1970 camaro, i was also able to use my stock 14'' inch steel wheels too.
Brought back memories bro. My dad would baptize everything by dropping it on the rocks when working on the car. 👍🏽
Very good video, You remind me of my son in law. Great kid. Good you explain every step. Smart to do the driver side first off camera and then show us you doing the passenger side. Right to the point.
Just one thing. Never ever use your torque wrench to loosen a nut or bolt. Torque wrenches are only to torque with. You can damage it. Try to calibrated yours up against another to see if it is off. Thanks
Yea that’s an old torque wrench so I just use it as a big ratchet, I got a new one when I was making that video
These vids are rad thanks for taking the time to make them man your a life saver!
thanks man, ur comment it means a lot to me
Awesome job thanks 🙏
Great video I'm going to do the same to my 67' Impala SS. Keep those video coming. Remember to really pack those new bearings with grease
yea i used a wheel bearing packing tool and it worked really good
yea, i used a grease packing tool, i also made a video on that
Im going to be ordering the 4 wheel kit from cpp this week im glad i seen this. The full kit with all lines is $1200
i thought about doing that but i wanted to be able to use OEM parts so if anything goes out i could just run to the parts store and get it, and not have to wait for it to get shipped to me
@@cali530marcos3 i got most of the kit in some stuff on back order, nice stuff
I've got a 66 Caprice. This looks like a doable project.
Yea it wasn’t hard at all
So you don't burn your bearings up, pack them with a ton of grease.
Yea, i used one of those bearing packing tools, worked great, also made a video on that
Great video doing the same to my 64 impala thanks a lot..
thanks, i tried to show every step in details
Great video thank you. the rear seal does not fit the spindle did you change seals?
They fit on mine
Wheel bearings should be tighter. Youre right, not super tight but they shouldn't free spin that quickly. Especially when they are tightly packed with grease. Tighten the nut so the rotor it decently tight to seat the bearings.Then back it off and put the key in.
Thanks for sharing bro 👍
Thanks for this video this really helps. What master cylinder and booster do you have or what are you gonna install to work with this disc/drum install that you have.
I’m using the stock master cylinder for now, still works and stops good, but I I’m going to upgrade it to a 1967 impala master cylinder and ad a disk/drum proportioning valve
Good video homie.....thanks for the info.....
no problem
I had nothing but issues w my disc break kit.
Mine has been fine so far, what kind of issues
Whats the point of converting? I have a 1966 I just bought im about to re do the brakes been sitting for 30 years. Not sure if I should stay original or swap over?
Will i be able to fit 100 spoke 14s?
are the factory brakes ok for burnouts?
Just better stopping, and easier to service, also u can find the parts at any parts store without having to special order and waiting on the parts, I have 14 steel wheels so I think the 14’s spokes should fit
I’m going to do this for a friend and I was wondering if it was a must to change the brake lines and master cylinder?
No it wasn’t a must, I did mine because the guy before me took all the brake lines, fuel lines, and wiring out the car, I pretty much just bought a shell
Thank you for replying also another question to convert the back brakes from drum to disk brakes on the same car the same process?
@@andrespaez6493 not sure, I haven’t switched the rears to disk yet, I’m still running drum brakes out back, I do know u have to remove the rear axles in order to remove the drum assembly and install the new brackets
I dint see your new pwrportion valve
I’m going to replace the master cylinder with a dual master and also add the new proportioning valve
Good job bro,
Thanks
Any new videos coming up of your impala
Yea, I’m working on one right now, just been working on the crew cab Square body I just picked up
@@cali530marcos3 Ya! I seen the video of the crew cab
Good job bro
When did you work in the rear connection?
Still haven’t worked on the rear brakes, don’t know if I want to keep them drum or swap them
I’ll bet if you used your original hubs and rotors from the rear axle of a 79 Pontiac trans am you would have zero offset. I’m doing that to my 57 Chevy.
Thats what I'm doing. Alot of people like the wide offset. Idk not me.
What caliper brackets did you use? Im doing my 64 impala
You said you we're going to paint your rotors, how did that turn out and has it held up since then.
It’s been holding up good, I taped up were the brake pad rides on both side and painted the rest black looks good and hasn’t got any surface rust
Hey just curious, how much was everything all together? Im trying to do this conversion on my 1970 Impala but dont know much about all these parts.
All together it was about $250
Did you uprade master cylinder for the new calipers?
Not yet, I’m going to install one of a 67 impala because those come with dual master cylinder instead of just one like mine, also going to install a proportioning valve
So you had to purchase all the parts separately? Or it came all together? If it was separate were did you get the list? Looking to do this on a 1964. Was it cheaper than the kits at summit or others?
The kit i ordered came just with the brackets them self's, and bolts, everything else i bought from the parts stores. not sure how mush i spent but it was less than $300. also i went this route so if anything goes bad i can just go to the parts store and get it, instead of tracking the part down and waiting on it to get delivered
@@cali530marcos3 thank you! Very good video!
I purchased the front disc brake 2" dropped spindles kit and I'm having a hard time bolting everything up. No instructions ofcourse and just a bag of bolts.. I'm reusing the steering knuckles off of the factory front drums but was told they would bolt up to the dropped spindles just fine. Has anyone else have the same problems I'm having??? #68 impala fastback!!
I tried showing everything on both videos I made on how to take it apart and how to put the kit on, hopefully u can figure it out, just take ur time
can you show how you routed your hard lines
i made a video on the brake buster install and i show in that video how i ran them i think, u can go and check that video out and if what u need is not in that video i will gladly make one showing how i routed the brake lines
I have a 1970 impala, this cpp brake kit works on mine. I pray, thanks so much!!
Which master cylinder and brake booster did you install?
I haven't installed a brake booster yet, but the master cylinder is a stock replacement for my 66 impala
Can you fit 14" wheels with that caliper bracket set up?
Yes u can, I'm running my 14's steel wheels with hubcaps right now. My 14's are off of a 80's cutlass so not sure if the offset/back spacing is different from the 60's 14's
The offeset is different. U have to run off of 80s cutty or monte carlo
Do the 13s wire wheels fit?
I’m not sure. My 14” stocks fit but don’t know of 13’s
Ese kit de frenos le queda a una chevy c10 69
Este kit nomas le queda al 65-70 impalas. Pienso que usted puede usar frenos de la 73+ c10
It won't work with the 1969 Impala,the center shaft of the 69 Impala is thicker in diameter than the 1966 Impala,I just did my with all the part numbers you listed, the bearing turn out to be smaller,it's all good I'm looking on eBay to buy a set of spindles out of a 1966 Impala.
Grease caps. Did you pack the bearings?
Yea, I packed them using the lisle tool, it’s a tub filled with grease and u just press down on it
@@cali530marcos3 Sweet dude. I just didn't see grease on them. Yeah those are nice to have.
Let me give you a couple of professional tips first off you don’t mask off the rotor you send it out and have the whole thing powder coated or you can paint it and then you run it across your brake lathe to clean off the area the pads ride on it’ll look like absolute hammered dog shit if you try to tape it off, how that’s its done number two please do not loosen bolts with the torque wrench. That’s a good way to ruin it. That’s what a impact or a breaker bar is for.
Well first off I cleaned the rotor and took my time taping it up and used a good paint so the came out good, it’ll look way better than a rusty surface, and for the second question I don’t use that torque wrench to torque my bolts, once I got my new husky torque wrenches I started using the cheap Autozone’s torque wrench as a regular 1/2 inch ratchet, works good kinda like a breaker bar and a big ratchet all in one
thanks for the videos, im thinking about doing this on my 65 bel air. what did you do for a master cylinder?
whoops! just saw you had a video about that. ill check it out.
Using the stock one for now, but going to upgrade it for a 1967 impala one and add a proportioning valve for disk/drum