My '92 Dakota is a work truck. I have a reading tool bed on it full of tools and the bed often full of pipes, water heaters, etc.

So basically, think of loading up your Dakota with oh....a 1,000 extra pounds to have behind you all the time.

Question:

Does anyone have experience or recommendations of improving the standard braking system? Different rotors? Pads? Brands?

Currently:

Front-Discs
Rear-Standard Shoes

I think if there ever was ABS it's long been bypassed or disconnected. May have never been there. Don't know.

Thanks for any input.

 

rear disk conversion. how does the truck sit? what are the conditions of your shocks good shocks keep the truck stable when braking. since you seem to carry a lot of weight you should get a shock for the extra load

 

It seems to sit fine. I'll look into the suspension and shocks this weekend. Thanks for the input. Hadn't thought to take a peek under there.

May be beefed up already from when the tool bed was originally installed. Maybe not though.

I considered rear disc conversion. Expensive? Would I get better bang for the buck with possibly just larger discs and/or calipers?

Thanks.

 

Drilled and slotted rotors, High performance pads. High performance shoes. Go to www.summitracing.com

Stock came with 9 and 10 in rear brakes. If you got 9in swapping to 10in will help.

Defiantly a good all 4 bleed job

New calipers, and rear pistons, stainless steel flex lines, new master cylinder may help as well. .

That is easy stuff, you can do a rear disk brake setup $700 www.summitracing.com
Or swap in a different axle in with bigger brakes. Or custom dual or mulitipiston calipers ect.

 

heard ya first time crazy :P
i'd say go for a bigger rear setup myself. and follow up with upgrades to the front aswell. either increase pad area or pressure applied. added pressure means getting rid of the heat faster. added pad area that's not as big of an issue.

sounds like you need a full size truck so maybe a fullsize axle swap?