2013 Silverado CrewCab Drum to Disc Conversion
#11
Factory hardline was bent down, in a similar fashion as to how baer recommends bending them for their kit... I initially wanted to cut the factory line and reflare, so I wasnt hesitant to try bending the line and seeing if it would be "clean enough" for me to leave it alone after... it worked out great, other than me wishing i knew how long the ss lines would need to be and ordered those instead of the factory lines... isnt much of a big deal to just order them anyway, but i will order a kit for front and back, next time i need to service the brakes... that being said, these lines work well enough together...
factory line originally oriented like this
to this
factory line originally oriented like this
to this
Last edited by LSCustoms; 01-22-2019 at 01:42 PM.
#12
the lines from the caliper were routed running down along the caliper, but i would have liked to run them out and away from the wheel (perpendicular to the wheel) as the factory wheels on my truck are 17". had to tie them up and away from the wheel, will replace the zip ties with some metal clamps im making, though the good quality ties i used, would prob be perfectly fine, until i change the lines to braided...
you can see, the line kind of sticks out a little, which would prob be fine with any larger of a wheel
i initially thought to modify the hose end to be able to rotate it away from the wheel, but decided not to, as i will be replacing these lines to braided soon
you can see, the line kind of sticks out a little, which would prob be fine with any larger of a wheel
i initially thought to modify the hose end to be able to rotate it away from the wheel, but decided not to, as i will be replacing these lines to braided soon
#15
you can see the bleeder screw (with a hose attached to it for bleeding it) in the pic... and can imagine the orientation of the bleeder screw when properly installed and torqued. i took the upper bolt out the pin, rotated the caliper up so that the bleeder was in the correct position for bleeding. Cut a 2x4 down to fit inside the caliper and then bleed all the air out of the system (starting with the pass rear, driv rear, pass front, driver front)... also took the time to flush all the old fluid out the system...
Last edited by LSCustoms; 01-22-2019 at 01:43 PM.
#16
I then routed the new ebrake cables.. the passenger side cable routed and bolted up along the same route as the original... the drivers side in a similar fashion, but flattened down the tab on the bracket... drilled a hole for it to be secured nicely and bolted to the shock hanger... to keep it up closer to the axle...