adray96

I was doing the rear brakes on my 1999 Z28, switching to drilled and slotted rotor, adding Hawks pads, and doing braided lines. Because I drove on bad brakes for too long I shattered a rotor and destroyed on of my calipers, stupid thing to do, I know.

Anyway, I'm looking for stock replacement calipers in the rear. I found some Cardone calipers on Summit for $40, compared to the $120+ on Rick's Camaros, and the 140+ on GM Parts Direct. My question is, the rear calipers from Cardone say the don't have provisions for the parking brake, but looking at my calipers the only thing that's connected to the car are the brake hoses, but I know I've used the parking brake before. Will this calipers be fine to put on my car?

BrittleSpeed

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Parking brake is done through the inside of the rotor, not the caliper.

adray96

That what I was thinking, I saw the cable going to the rotor, but was just thrown off by the option for the parking brake. Thank you

wssix99

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When you replace the rotors, you will want to be sure to adjust your parking brakes appropriately to them. (This needs to be done with the caliper off.)

adray96

Even if they are stock sized rotors?

BrittleSpeed

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Yes. See the picture. Anytime you remove the rotor and make changes, you want to make sure your parking brake shoes are adjusted properly

wssix99

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Yes, no two rotors are exactly alike and the adjustment is done in fractions of a millimeter. Regular drum brakes auto-adjust to the bore of the drum, but since this parking brake doesn't wear down (unless you are a drifter...) the adjustment is manual and it needs to be hard-set for each rotor bore.

The process is in this thread: https://ls1tech.com/forums/suspensio...ke-01-z28.html

While you have everything off, you may consider popping off your parking brake cable and replacing your dust boots. (They get torn up really easy.) This would be the time to do that... If you want a good laugh, this thread has an alternate option. The only known proper source of supply for the OEM boot is in post #13:
https://ls1tech.com/forums/suspensio...xperiment.html

adray96

Thank you both for the information. I'll be sure to check out the links.

adray96

So, I painted the calipers I got from Cardone and have them assembled for the most part. They came with washers, but I have no idea what they are for. Any one know?

BrittleSpeed

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Brake lines going into the calipers

adray96

All three of them? I'm guessing one between the caliper and the line, on between the line and the car, and the third one?