Anyone want a Rear Disc Brake Conversion? P1800/Amazon

[123GT-AMAZON]

I just read your car info again you posted , your car has the early trailing arms ( 1962 model ) so will require some hard work to fit ,

I would ask Brian if he can retro fit the complete rear axle and alter it to fit your car !

Kind regards
Robert.w

[Burdekin]

Hi Volvo Community.
This is my first thread, hopefully someone will find it.

Has there been any further info found or available to replace the drum brakes on a 1962 amazon with disc brakes?

I'm guessing the fronts can be upgraded to the later model amazon discs but do I need to replace the rear axle in order to fit discs?

Any help would be appreciated as I have just entered the world of owning a Volvo amazon..... by the way how do you get under-seal of your skin! ;D

Thank you.

Yeah a Dutch guy does a kit, will chase up the details.

[Burdekin]

Rear disc conversion: http://www.hukebasart.nl/huke/en/?Ne...tt_and_Amazone

[kishor]

Hi Volvo Community.
This is my first thread, hopefully someone will find it.

Has there been any further info found or available to replace the drum brakes on a 1962 amazon with disc brakes?

I'm guessing the fronts can be upgraded to the later model amazon discs but do I need to replace the rear axle in order to fit discs?

Any help would be appreciated as I have just entered the world of owning a Volvo amazon..... by the way how do you get under-seal of your skin! ;D

Thank you.

Hi
The front is an easy replacement with 122 discs. The rear now has kits available. Easy, remove the drums and bolt as instructed and refit. See Ebay for these kits under classic Volvo parts
Ta
Kassie

[Burdekin]

Hi
The front is an easy replacement with 122 discs. The rear now has kits available. Easy, remove the drums and bolt as instructed and refit. See Ebay for these kits under classic Volvo parts
Ta
Kassie

Kassie, have you fitted the backs by chance? If so any pics and are they an improvement? They look like MX5 callipers but I could be wrong. I think the ebay kits are the ones Huke makes so might be cheaper go direct to him.

[classicswede]

I'm amazed Iamtherealcon is still not banned from the forum

[Underdrive]

Robert, when fitting an 1800E/ES rear axle how do you get round the problem of front and rear PCD being different?

[Burdekin]

Robert, when fitting an 1800E/ES rear axle how do you get round the problem of front and rear PCD being different?

You can fit the E/ES front hubs as one solution.

[tdz840]

Or fit proper machined spacers but different PCDs, in this case 105-144.3.
I have 25mm spacers (114.3-114.3) on my car for over 5 years and no issues. Proper hub centric ones with the holding screws counter bored into the spacer.

The rear conversion by Huke looks neat and pretty much plug and play. Ive sppken to him and he has kits ready to go.
They are as supplied to Nordicar.
The issue as 940turbo mentioned in an earlier post is the conversion retain the morse taper hubs.
Whats needed is a way to move away from the morse taper. Did the later E/ES axle use morse tapers?
Whats the typically going price for a used E/ES axle?
Russ

[classicswede]

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Whats needed is a way to move away from the morse taper.
Russ

There are some Dana axles in the US that dont use teh taper so removing the weakest point but the axle still aint all that strong. I would say converting the half shafts is only a consideration for a rally car where teh original axle has to be kept.

[tdz840]

There are some Dana axles in the US that dont use teh taper so removing the weakest point but the axle still aint all that strong. I would say converting the half shafts is only a consideration for a rally car where teh original axle has to be kept.

Whats the options then Dai if you wwnt to move away from tapers? I take it the ES axle is also tapered shaft?
Russ

[classicswede]

ES, is not tapered iirc but comes as disk only and they are now rather rare. For certain rally use they are not allowed.

For a road car the 240 axle swap and using the 240 brake conversion kit on the front is a decent swap but does limit wheel choice. The other axle of choice is a modified Ford explorer axle

[Derek UK]

Once you have fitted a disc brake rear axle and have added matching front hubs the wheel choice is enormous as it will include all of the 240, 700 and 900 wheels up to the very last 900 wheels when they changed to FWD types. Even those can be used with spacers.
Plenty of style size and width options. The 1800ES often gets fitted with 240 Virgo wheels which suit it well IMO.