Cheap Disc Conversion for 9.25
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Cheap Disc Conversion for 9.25
So I noticed my wheel cylinder leaking the other day. Got some time yesterday so I puller the drums to check out my neglected rear drums that haven't been doing crap for years.
Pretty funny what I found, there was only 1 spring holding the front shoe on, all the others mysteriously vacated the area. The rear shoe had all the springs though.
As for the wheel cylinder, was pretty funny what I found. The cylinder literally fell apart when I took the front shoe off. All the innards fell right out and she ****'s fluid all over. She's toast.
I was looking up Disc's out of curiosity and I'm not paying $800 for a kit. That's a total rip, and I hope nobody here paid that much for it.
And as for the write up on pavementsucks that's for a D60 (or maybe 70/80). I noticed right away its a full floater, so doesn't apply to 9.25's.
Anyways I check a site that I got the brackets off of for my Jeep's rear Disc conversion (Chev. 14 Bolt). They have generic brake brackets that are weld on that would work great. They're $45 plus shipping.
They use '75 Chev 3/4 ton calipers. Using a set of rotors off the front they'd work really nice. Since they're weld on you don't have to worry about the spacing on the rotor since you can put the bracket anywhere.
Well here's the link http://www.ruffstuffspecialties.com/...xle-p-142.html
Ruff Stuff is sweet, I've gotten a bunch of stuff from them for the "Jeep". Good company to deal with. I haven't decided if I'll do it yet though. I'm assuming the rotor diameter on the 75 Chev is the same or VERY similar since they're both D44's.
Just an idea.
I have less than $200 into the rear disc's on my Jeep. No need to spend $800 on the overpriced kit.
Pretty funny what I found, there was only 1 spring holding the front shoe on, all the others mysteriously vacated the area. The rear shoe had all the springs though.
As for the wheel cylinder, was pretty funny what I found. The cylinder literally fell apart when I took the front shoe off. All the innards fell right out and she ****'s fluid all over. She's toast.
I was looking up Disc's out of curiosity and I'm not paying $800 for a kit. That's a total rip, and I hope nobody here paid that much for it.
And as for the write up on pavementsucks that's for a D60 (or maybe 70/80). I noticed right away its a full floater, so doesn't apply to 9.25's.
Anyways I check a site that I got the brackets off of for my Jeep's rear Disc conversion (Chev. 14 Bolt). They have generic brake brackets that are weld on that would work great. They're $45 plus shipping.
They use '75 Chev 3/4 ton calipers. Using a set of rotors off the front they'd work really nice. Since they're weld on you don't have to worry about the spacing on the rotor since you can put the bracket anywhere.
Well here's the link http://www.ruffstuffspecialties.com/...xle-p-142.html
Ruff Stuff is sweet, I've gotten a bunch of stuff from them for the "Jeep". Good company to deal with. I haven't decided if I'll do it yet though. I'm assuming the rotor diameter on the 75 Chev is the same or VERY similar since they're both D44's.
Just an idea.
I have less than $200 into the rear disc's on my Jeep. No need to spend $800 on the overpriced kit.
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Just a slight correction 2000 and 2001 Rams don't have 4 wheel disc brakes. My 01 still has drums in the rear.
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I was looking at the wrong thing.only the 3/4 and 1 ton trucks have discs in the rear. I also forget that the Daks have 6 lugs. Stupid me.
Last edited by PurplDodge; 11-04-2008 at 03:10 PM.
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Jason..If it was an option for that year how would someone repair their disk brakes if it was broken or needed a new part(pads,rotor,calipers)...So the parts should be available from somewhere? ....
I did see that 2001.5 Ram 1500's did come with Disk brakes..
http://dodgeram.info/2001/index.html
I did see that 2001.5 Ram 1500's did come with Disk brakes..
http://dodgeram.info/2001/index.html
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