Somehow I missed watching this vid. But can I just say I HATE drum brakes. Luckily three's little less going on with my 05 GT. They're rear discs, but shoe in the hat for the e-brake. Still hate them so, so much! ;)
I can understand the sentiment. I've swapped a disc brake rear end onto my Green Machine PT and if I get the chance I'll film that process if I can swap the rear end on my brother's PT.
@@PTBubbles Should be good to have online for posterity. It's been on my todo list for a long time on my 98 Mitsubishi Eclipse Spyder GS. Usually it's just a hub and brake hardware swap, on the eclipse the e-brake cable is slightly different, but other than that should be fairly easy to do, and easy enough to find a a local pick-a-part junkyard.
@@philsowers The E-brake (Parking Brake) cables are different on the PT as well. The Rear End swap (as I have done it) involves pulling the whole rear end including those cables which go up into the interior and attach to the handle. Fortunately I grabbed the rear end off of the Donor Turbo PT I got for my Turbo upgrade so I have that spare Disc Brake rear end ready and waiting to swap onto my brother's PT when he can part with it for a while.
@@philsowers Let's see - in the video where I drop the rear end to do the service on the Watts Linkage, Rear Control Arms, and Shocks I am just a few steps away from completely removing the entire rear end assembly from the PT. All that's left are 8 bolts securing each side of the Rear End (on the front of those arms that attach to the axle) to the frame rails and the two E-Brake cables. So it's really not all that bad of a job.
Somehow I missed watching this vid. But can I just say I HATE drum brakes. Luckily three's little less going on with my 05 GT. They're rear discs, but shoe in the hat for the e-brake. Still hate them so, so much! ;)
I can understand the sentiment. I've swapped a disc brake rear end onto my Green Machine PT and if I get the chance I'll film that process if I can swap the rear end on my brother's PT.
@@PTBubbles Should be good to have online for posterity. It's been on my todo list for a long time on my 98 Mitsubishi Eclipse Spyder GS. Usually it's just a hub and brake hardware swap, on the eclipse the e-brake cable is slightly different, but other than that should be fairly easy to do, and easy enough to find a a local pick-a-part junkyard.
@@philsowers The E-brake (Parking Brake) cables are different on the PT as well. The Rear End swap (as I have done it) involves pulling the whole rear end including those cables which go up into the interior and attach to the handle.
Fortunately I grabbed the rear end off of the Donor Turbo PT I got for my Turbo upgrade so I have that spare Disc Brake rear end ready and waiting to swap onto my brother's PT when he can part with it for a while.
@@PTBubbles Interesting, the whole rear meansframe and beam or hubs/knuckles?
@@philsowers Let's see - in the video where I drop the rear end to do the service on the Watts Linkage, Rear Control Arms, and Shocks I am just a few steps away from completely removing the entire rear end assembly from the PT. All that's left are 8 bolts securing each side of the Rear End (on the front of those arms that attach to the axle) to the frame rails and the two E-Brake cables.
So it's really not all that bad of a job.