hey i have a question i wanna do rear disc brakes on my '91 hatch but i dont want to have to drop the gas tank, is there anyway i can do brake swap without droppin the tank???

 

its just tighter. you could always keep all your current arms and swap only the spindle section outward and cables. ive done it.

 

Where on earth did you hear that? The swap has nothing to do with the fuel tank. Fear not.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by drdisco69 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Where on earth did you hear that? The swap has nothing to do with the fuel tank. Fear not.</TD></TR></TABLE> i was told that on the ef i would have to drop the tank to run brake lines??????

 

Not the one I did, but I just replaced the soft lines, not the hard ones, and I ran the e-brake cable without dropping it too.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by drdisco69 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Not the one I did, but I just replaced the soft lines, not the hard ones, and I ran the e-brake cable without dropping it too.</TD></TR></TABLE> and thats with teg set up right?

 

I think it was from an 88 prelude, but they're all the same. Went on an 89 CRX Si.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by hatchinprogress &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">hey i have a question i wanna do rear disc brakes on my '91 hatch but i dont want to have to drop the gas tank, is there anyway i can do brake swap without droppin the tank???</TD></TR></TABLE>

I have never heard anyone drop their tank before to do a brake swap, not sure where you picked it uo.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by mike_belben@yahoo.com &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">its just tighter. you could always keep all your current arms and swap only the spindle section outward and cables. ive done it. </TD></TR></TABLE>

confimed.......this works as well......I did it this way......da to a si hatch
That way I didn't have to get new ES bushings for the trailing arms.

 

The most I had to do on my CRX was loosen the tank straps a bit. Couldnt get to one of the bolts but it was all gravy from there.

Of course the most frustrating thing was reconnecting the cable ends to the bracket thingy inside the car.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Sand1 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

I have never heard anyone drop their tank before to do a brake swap, not sure where you picked it uo.</TD></TR></TABLE> i had seen the (drop the tank info) on ht and thats why i wanted to ask because i dont want to "learn" while working around fuel, and on fourthgencivic.com they say you have to cut/dremel part of the tank to run the lines

 

No you don't have to drop the tank unless your car was wrecked or something.

 

thanks guys now i just gotta get it done

 

I've done the swap on my 89 hatchback and didn't have to remove the tank.

What happens is that the parking brake cable runs along the front edge of the tank and the bolts for the brackets are rather difficult to get to. There are some heat shields that have to be removed. No big thing. Just take your time.

It comes in handy having small hands.

Wes