Question about 69 Firebird rear disc brakes

[Blue Bayou]

I have a 3rd generation rear end with disc brakes and I'm wondering if I can unbolt the brackets from the axle tubes and if they will bolt straight on to my tubes and bolt the calipers and rotors on?

If so, is there any sort of provision for the e-brake setup available?



Thanks!
JD

[makoshark]

Yes, they will bolt straight onto your older axle. I do not know about the parking brake setup as I have never tried to use those brakes. You may want to do a search for that particular brake setup. They were not known for being good brakes at all.

[Randy67]

If it is the late 3rd gen rear discs with PBR aluminum calipers it would be a good swap, similar to the LT1 rear brakes. If it is the earlier cast iron caliper one, don't bother, its not worth the trouble. The calipers are problematic at best and costly to replace. It will bolt on if it is a 10-bolt axle, the Borg-Warner 9-bolt brakes will not fit, the bolt pattern is larger on the backing plate (found this out the hard way). If you do use it, you should be able to use aftermarket parking brake cables like Lokar has to make the parking brake work or modify stock cables to work.

[Blue Bayou]

This is the 10 bolt rear with aluminum calipers. Thanks for the input!

[BulldawgMusclecars]

That type of caliper has a built-in E-brake, and it works well and is easy to adapt. The later '98-'02 style have a drum e-brake that fits inside the rotor. I personally prefer the earlier PBR style like you have, and haven't been able to tell any difference in braking performance between the two (I ran both styles on my '97 SS).

[chevnut55]

There is a artical in car craft this month (junkyard builder).
Im doing it to my 69 camaro and going to look at the bone yard today..hope they sell it to me because most yards will not sell used brake parts or set belts. I already did it to my old 67 but used the complete 9 bolt rear..it worked great.