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Craigos

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18th Jun 03 at 19:20

As Subject Says...

How Do I Do It ?

What Bits Do I Need. ?

Craig

M4rk P

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18th Jun 03 at 19:24

pvd sell a fitting kit for £100 i think. saw it in the mag at pv2003

Craigos

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18th Jun 03 at 19:25

Sorry Matey Its £399.95

Just Want To Know What Bits I Need ?

AdamF

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18th Jun 03 at 19:39

discs calipers pads and hubs of a astra gte or something

Craigos

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18th Jun 03 at 19:41

So If I Get All Them Its Just Bolt On ??

BabyBlade

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18th Jun 03 at 19:58

think the mounting plates dont align and need some modification, once u got the rear section on then hubs/brakes shud bolt straight on (From what ive read in the past)

Craigos

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18th Jun 03 at 20:01

Need Someone With Previous Experience Please.

HELP NEEDED

Thanks

AdamF

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18th Jun 03 at 20:35

you have to redrill the holes on the hub but apart from that they do yeah or so ive heard but never done it so not 100%

Craigos

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18th Jun 03 at 20:38

Thanks For The Help Guys..

Anyone Got Any 100% Info

Daimo B

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18th Jun 03 at 20:39

Take rear beam off
allign new hubs and mark
Drill four new hub holes either side of beam
Weld in existing holes
Bolt hubs, disks and calipers to rear beam
Attach beam back onto car and connect brake lines
Get drivers side short handbrake cable from a Nova
Replace passeger cable wiv new cable
Bleed brakes

About a days job

Craigos

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18th Jun 03 at 20:40

Cheers Buddy..

Quite A Complex Job Then

Craigos

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18th Jun 03 at 20:42

Why Do I Have To Do The Thing With The Hanbrake ??

Craigos

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18th Jun 03 at 20:43

Daimo> Can You Please Go On MSN

rod38

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18th Jun 03 at 21:36

I just converted a corsa rear beam to discs at the weekend .
first you get your donor beam

mine came from the k reg cavy sri I got my 2.0 16v from then you
unbolt the hubs

that lets you get at the spacer plate that is welded to the beam
and has the holes with the with the hub to fit,
carefully grind off the beads of weld from each side of the plate
(arrowed)try not to buff into the plate as you need it

Then you get your corsa beam I got another from the scrappy
for £20 so as to keep my car on the road and you unbolt the drum
hub and remove the spacer plates from the beam taking care not
to grind into the beam this time ,chuck the small corsa plates and
offer up the cavy plates you will see the difference right away,clamp
the plate onto the beam , I set it so that the plate is level with the
top edge of the beam and the hole in the middle centred ,you have to
be very accurate to get both sides the same as this affects where the wheels will sit in your arches but dont worry too much as theres not a
lot of room on the beam surface so you can't go far wrong then weld
the plates onto the beam.The hubs bolt through this plate so the welding does'nt have to be ship building standard just a zip up each side
I borrowed an arc welder for this and it made short work of it

Then I drilled out the beam at the cavy spacings in the plate just
welded on and opened out the centre hole to suit the abs type
hub that later cavys and astras have, early mk2 gtes dont have the
lump sticking out the back so will just bolt straight on (they also
have bolts through the hub not studs and nuts like the cavy)

then I bolted on the hub the top 2 nuts will need a bit of relieving
cos they are very close to the edge of the beam now

This took me about 4 hrs to do, the metal it quite heavy so you
need a good drill with sharp bits a grinder ,access to a welder

just need to sort out the h/ brake now I'm going to work it
so it keeps the standard corsa cables if I can but first I want
to get the 2.0 engine in find ing times a baitch

Craigos

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18th Jun 03 at 21:41

You Are A FUK**G DIAMOND...

You Have Put Loads Of Effort Into Doing This For Me M8.. Cheers Buddy..

Really Appreatice It..

Thanks

Kris TD

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18th Jun 03 at 22:00

quote:
Originally posted by Craigos
Sorry Matey Its £399.95

Just Want To Know What Bits I Need ?

mark is right, they only do a kit which is 99 pounds now, they dont do the full rear beam and never have cos they couldnt get it working well apparently. the kit includes mounting brackets for the hubs calipers and handbrake from an astra or cav.

rod38

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19th Jun 03 at 12:04

bttt

Mav 3000

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19th Jun 03 at 12:20

Can we put this into the FAQ Turorial section

- may be useful for others

Ian

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13th Aug 03 at 00:06

If someone can get the images working then yes!

rod38

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13th Aug 03 at 19:34

Hi
The pics are still on the uploader, the guy
who runs it has disabled remote linking
but If you right click where the pics were and select properties you will get the url of the pics copy and paste this into your address bar you should get the pics one at a time just save them and the text from
the thread .Any probs and I'll send them to an admin if they want to host them,I also have lots of pics showing my 2.0 xe conversion for any one interested.

5doormodder

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13th Aug 03 at 23:20

Craigos : Did you make your own adaptor plates etc??? or did u buy them from pvd ??

Im very intrested in doing this also,

Might sound a little silly but, am i right that the 'donor beam' is another corsa beam and not a cavalier beam arnt i ?? I was a little confused.

I have access to cavalier front and rear calipers discs and pads, i just need the adaptor kit for the rear discs.

5doormodder

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13th Aug 03 at 23:21

How much do the think a garage would charge to do the conversion if i had the adaptor kit ????

5doormodder

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14th Aug 03 at 07:12

ttt

Daimo B

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14th Aug 03 at 08:51

You can do it yourself. The "doner beam" may have been a completly new corsa rear beam. Can get em down the scrappy for bugger all. I just used my original corsa rear beam and modified that.

All u need of the cav is the adaptor plate (different stud pattern hence why teh corsa one needs to be re-drilled and welded over), rear calipers and discs

Ditch

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14th Aug 03 at 11:44

quote:
Originally posted by rod38
I just converted a corsa rear beam to discs at the weekend .
first you get your donor beam

mine came from the k reg cavy sri I got my 2.0 16v from then you
unbolt the hubs

that lets you get at the spacer plate that is welded to the beam
and has the holes with the with the hub to fit,
carefully grind off the beads of weld from each side of the plate
(arrowed)try not to buff into the plate as you need it

Then you get your corsa beam I got another from the scrappy
for £20 so as to keep my car on the road and you unbolt the drum
hub and remove the spacer plates from the beam taking care not
to grind into the beam this time ,chuck the small corsa plates and
offer up the cavy plates you will see the difference right away,clamp
the plate onto the beam , I set it so that the plate is level with the
top edge of the beam and the hole in the middle centred ,you have to
be very accurate to get both sides the same as this affects where the wheels will sit in your arches but dont worry too much as theres not a
lot of room on the beam surface so you can't go far wrong then weld
the plates onto the beam.The hubs bolt through this plate so the welding does'nt have to be ship building standard just a zip up each side
I borrowed an arc welder for this and it made short work of it

Then I drilled out the beam at the cavy spacings in the plate just
welded on and opened out the centre hole to suit the abs type
hub that later cavys and astras have, early mk2 gtes dont have the
lump sticking out the back so will just bolt straight on (they also
have bolts through the hub not studs and nuts like the cavy)

then I bolted on the hub the top 2 nuts will need a bit of relieving
cos they are very close to the edge of the beam now

This took me about 4 hrs to do, the metal it quite heavy so you
need a good drill with sharp bits a grinder ,access to a welder

just need to sort out the h/ brake now I'm going to work it
so it keeps the standard corsa cables if I can but first I want
to get the 2.0 engine in find ing times a baitch