Hello are there any durangos that came with rear disk brakes if so what years? And would i be able to swapp out the rearend and brake set up to my 98 durango durango slt? Thank you

 

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

 

My 2003 has BOTH disk and drum brakes in the rear. Disk in the front

 

Your rear 2003s are typical disks. The parking brake needs that little "drum" you are referring to in order to work. Nevertheless, they are referred to as rear disk brakes.

IndyD

 

I thought the 2003's rear disk brakes were just an option, not standard equipment?????

 

he asked what years disk brakes were available, 2003 was the only one

and as indy said on the disk brakes the drums inside are for the parking/ebrake only

 

I see:

PARKING BRAKE
DESCRIPTION
The parking brakes are operated by a system of
cables and levers attached to a primary and secondary
shoe positioned within the drum section of the
rotor.

The drum-in-hat design utilizes an independent set
of shoes to park the vehicle

 

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.

 

Durangos started in 1998, just because the build date is 1997 that doesn't mean anything other then they are building stock. Other than that I would like to see the rear setup.

 

hmmm... keep us posted