pick between these 2 drums please.

[irondiezl3]

if you look closely the bendix dont say china and the delcos do i heard the usa drums are alot better idk hope you can help me pick.




http://www.ebay.com/itm/ACDELCO-ADVANTAGE-18B136A-Rear-Brake-Drum-/180815576625?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories &fits=Model%3AAlero&hash=item2a1972be31&vxp=mtr


or


http://www.ebay.com/itm/BENDIX-PDR0451-Rear-Brake-Drum-/120915051159?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories &fits=Model%3AAlero&hash=item1c27194297&vxp=mtr

[comanche]

If I remember correctly, ACDelco Advantage and Bendix Global are both economy drums. Someone else might know more about this though...

That said, I've never had a problem with cheap drums, provided the proper friction material is used. High performance shoes should have high performance drums.

[irondiezl3]

or are these better?

http://www.napaonline.com/Catalog/CatalogItemDetail.aspx?R=NDA4401445_0325244781

[jawa]

or convert to disk

[irondiezl3]

i always wanted to convert to disk i wish i knew how.

[RalphP]

i always wanted to convert to disk i wish i knew how.

Easy enough.

Basically, you swap everything strut down from a donor car, including the parking brake lines.

Here's a discussion on using Alero disc parts on a 2000 Malibu - amazingly, you could use Alero hoses (which the Malibu can't!) since *ahem* your body plumbing is just like an Alero :p

http://www.chevymalibuforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=10765

Alas, the two Malibu sites that had that information? Are offline.

And no, I didn't keep pics of my Malibu conversion.

I'll suggest again that if you're doing this, do new struts in the back also. That means only the two cross rods, the sway bar parts, and the trailing arm is left, all else is new.

If you were nearby, I'd offer to let you park your car next to my Malibu and we could swap before I had the 'Bu picked up for a relatively small consideration - these aluminum motors don't take to overheating well (and I had a surge tank blow at 75MPH on a 104F day ... by the time I got to the side of the rode, it had quit, and has not run since. Alas. But since it had over 330Kmiles on the factory motor, I decided it was time to let it retire.)

RwP