Hi all,
Just testing the water with this idea. The rear axle on my '08 Sport has a lot of surface rust. Its not structural, but jolly unsightly, and my friendly mot man said it it probably the only thing that will start to cause issues in the next few years. I'm thinking of getting a decent spare entire axle from a breaker therefore, tarting it up, and swapping the whole thing over. Given how many of these are being broken up it shouldn't be hard to find a decent axle.
It got me thinking though. Even a sport model is never going to be a sports car, and I've no intention of doing anything radical to improve its performance, so I don't actually need to stick with rear discs. I have a new set of brake calipers already however even with these the handbrake is poor at best. I was thinking of getting a drum brake axle therefore. This should improve the hand brake, and I doubt I'd miss any rolling brake performance. It wouldn't look as nice, but as long as it was an ABS model still I could live with it.
Am I mad?
The only questions I have are to do with the brakes:
Would the brake bias be the same? Ie whether there is any change in f/r brake proportion between a disc and a drum setup?
Secondly would a drum ABS sensor fit a disc brake loom?
The spring and shock mounts look identical, as do the main mounting point.
Rear brake calipers are always the Achilles heel in any honda as they always seize. Drums neatly side step this with apparently little other compromise.
Any thoughts or advice welcome.