Rearend and brakes
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2003 model year was the only one that came with rear discs and yes it can be swapped, but i believe you also need to change out some of the other brake parts (proportioning valve maybe) in order to make it work correctly, for normal driving its not going to give you any significant improvement in braking performance
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Old thread, but new News. haha
I just had 4.56 gears put in my '97 Durango and went ahead and put in a '03 rear end with disc brakes. It pretty much was plug and play. I haven't installed a proportional yet though, but will real soon.
I mated the two e-brake cables coming from the rear axle to the main cable that runs to the pedal with my old '97 bracket.
I had to spread both ends open for it to hold as the longer cable end piece is larger than the '97 piece. Plus the shorter cable end piece on the '03 is larger than the '97 end piece.
I went ahead and ordered the '03 bracket and am trying to see if it will work between the '97 main cable and the '03 axle cables.
The way it is setup now with the '97 bracket, even though it is spread apart is working fine. So that is an option on the swap.
I just had 4.56 gears put in my '97 Durango and went ahead and put in a '03 rear end with disc brakes. It pretty much was plug and play. I haven't installed a proportional yet though, but will real soon.
I mated the two e-brake cables coming from the rear axle to the main cable that runs to the pedal with my old '97 bracket.
I had to spread both ends open for it to hold as the longer cable end piece is larger than the '97 piece. Plus the shorter cable end piece on the '03 is larger than the '97 end piece.
I went ahead and ordered the '03 bracket and am trying to see if it will work between the '97 main cable and the '03 axle cables.
The way it is setup now with the '97 bracket, even though it is spread apart is working fine. So that is an option on the swap.
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