Rear disc conversion with fixed calipers

madmikeismad

madmikeismad

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Does anyone make one? I currently have the generic chevy swap with the floating calipers, and can't keep them from shearing the fricken caliper pins every few thousand miles.
 
madmikeismad said:
Does anyone make one? I currently have the generic chevy swap with the floating calipers, and can't keep them from shearing the fricken caliper pins every few thousand miles.
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Does that use the calipers and pins like ruffstuff or ballistic fab sells. ive used those on 14bolts that drove on the street with no issues?
 
MufflerBearing said:
Does that use the calipers and pins like ruffstuff or ballistic fab sells. ive used those on 14bolts that drove on the street with no issues?
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Yeah pretty much the same as a ruff stuff kit. I got it off crabelle about 10 years ago, but I don't think either of us knew what brand it was. The brakes themselves are fantastic, it just keep shearing the caliper pins and it grinds the **** out of the wheel. I'd like to go to a fixed caliper if they exist. If the factory disc 2nd gen axles weren't $1,000 in meth territory, I'd go that route.
 
Looks fine, the hubs stick out further than a SRW. Its not that much wider. I rocked that look on my truck for about 6 months on the stock steel wheels until I did the dually conversion.
 

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Since we are on the subject of rear disc swaps, what proportioning valve have you guys used to swap a 01-02 disc brake 80 into a 94-00 dodge?
 
Didn't change anything on the truck except the rearend and works fine. My brother in law has had this disk rearend in a 95 and a 96.
 
Does the speed sensor hook up the same and all? Are the 98-01 srw axles the same width as the 94-98 srw axles? I'm would like to swap axles for the gear ratio and if they interchange that would open up my options a bit.
 
bateman said:
Does the speed sensor hook up the same and all? Are the 98-01 srw axles the same width as the 94-98 srw axles? I'm would like to swap axles for the gear ratio and if they interchange that would open up my options a bit.
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The plug on my 94 has a different plug than the 02 disc brake axle. Im not sure if you can just splice the plug from a 98-02 or what, but that is what i am going to try
 
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