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Title: hand brake set up for volvo rear end Post by: crowbar on February 02, 2009, 07:52:02 PM Forum Members
The disk brake rear end in my FE is from a 240 series volvo I have not yet connected up the hand brake set up The existing cables from the rear are quite long My question is has anyone done this before and can give me some tips are the cables shorter from a later model? Any help greatly appreciated Cheers Haydn Title: Re: hand brake set up for volvo rear end Post by: gwuthie on February 03, 2009, 10:44:35 AM Hayden. I cant help you, but whats with the volvo diff conversion? Is the width correct or did you have to shorten?
Title: Re: hand brake set up for volvo rear end Post by: crowbar on February 03, 2009, 11:11:55 AM An easy conversion
Disc to Disc is about 20mm shorter than the original which allows you to fit deeper dish rims Just grind off all thats on the volvo housing and weld your spring hangers on It is best to set it up in a jig to get this correct Use a HQ proportioning valve on the rear brake line to stop the rear discs locking up There is a good thread on this conversion with pictures on the FB EK site Haydn Title: Re: hand brake set up for volvo rear end Post by: crowbar on February 03, 2009, 08:21:54 PM After some more research I have found out that the 164 series volvo rear cables are the ones to use
so I recommend that if anyone is considering this conversion this would be the rear end to get in the first place Haydn Title: Re: hand brake set up for volvo rear end Post by: FC_fer_me on February 04, 2009, 10:59:53 AM Is the 164 series rear strong enough for a commodore V6 setup? what motor did the volvo run with this diff ?. Cheers, Jack.
Title: Re: hand brake set up for volvo rear end Post by: crowbar on February 04, 2009, 03:40:26 PM by what I have read they are supposed to be as strong as a f**d 9 inch and are out there in LSD as well
Volvo is same stud pattern as early Holden but you need to run 14 inch rims also they are available in quite a few different ratios If you go to the FB EK site forum and go to Transmissions Drivelines etc there is quite a detailed thread there Sorry I do not know how to create a link (perhaps another forum member can post it) Haydn Title: Re: hand brake set up for volvo rear end Post by: mikey on February 04, 2009, 06:28:19 PM by what I have read they are supposed to be as strong as a f**d 9 inch and are out there in LSD as well Volvo is same stud pattern as early Holden but you need to run 14 inch rims also they are available in quite a few different ratios If you go to the FB EK site forum and go to Transmissions Drivelines etc there is quite a detailed thread there Sorry I do not know how to create a link (perhaps another forum member can post it) Haydn Links are simple, just copy the text in the address bar at the top of your browser and be on the page that you want to copy. Here is the link to this page. http://fefcholden.org.au/forum/index.php?action=post;quote=88969;topic=14759.0;num_replies=5;sesc=c71a0209940e6233b15c213f8761b1ce So open up another window and go to the FB site and copy the address when you are on that page. Cheers M Title: Re: hand brake set up for volvo rear end Post by: Glenn 'Stinky' Stankevicius on February 05, 2009, 10:06:47 AM by what I have read they are supposed to be as strong as a f**d 9 inch and are out there in LSD as well LSD for the Volvo diffs is expensive from what I have found, there is a product from an SA company called a "Lokka ($2)" but it only suits certain types of diffs and I have been unable to find out if it suits the Volvo diff. |