Has anyone ever upgraded their rear brakes to disc?
Has anyone ever upgraded their rear brakes to disc?
And if you have would you please sell me your old drum backing plates?? 
I have checked every yard in a 100 mile radius, I cannot put my hands on 11x 2.5" backing plates. I had no trouble finding 9.5 rear ends, they were so common. I got a new carrier for $10. Even though I may still go the LSD route.
Dodge wants $280 for one backing plate and no yard wants to go through the hassle of tearing apart a rear end to get me one, and the u-pull-it yards are dry.
I either have to suck it up and pay $280, change my rear drums to whatever chrysler drums I can find(mainly gen 1 rams) or buy a whole rear end.
I cannot believe how hard it is to come across a backing plate, but I guess unless your tire falls off on the Interstate, its kinda hard for them to go bad.
My old backing plate, which hit the I-10 at 70mph, on the ride home from picking up from the tow yard. The tow truck driver had to drag my truck to get it and I really believe that caused all my problems.
I have checked every yard in a 100 mile radius, I cannot put my hands on 11x 2.5" backing plates. I had no trouble finding 9.5 rear ends, they were so common. I got a new carrier for $10. Even though I may still go the LSD route.
Dodge wants $280 for one backing plate and no yard wants to go through the hassle of tearing apart a rear end to get me one, and the u-pull-it yards are dry.
I either have to suck it up and pay $280, change my rear drums to whatever chrysler drums I can find(mainly gen 1 rams) or buy a whole rear end.
I cannot believe how hard it is to come across a backing plate, but I guess unless your tire falls off on the Interstate, its kinda hard for them to go bad.
My old backing plate, which hit the I-10 at 70mph, on the ride home from picking up from the tow yard. The tow truck driver had to drag my truck to get it and I really believe that caused all my problems.
Last edited by nolazach; May 4, 2009 at 10:32 PM.
No one, I mean no one has these parts.
RockAuto is like my main source for parts.
Best price I have found is at MoparPartz.com which is a dealer run site, they want the $280 for the one plate. I could buy a whole engine and a rear end from a yard for that price. The dealer closest to my house told me closer to $400.
It like no one ever buys these parts.
I can't tell if any other vehicle ever used similar sized brakes, because the 9.5 was on many different vehicles since '67.
RockAuto is like my main source for parts.
Best price I have found is at MoparPartz.com which is a dealer run site, they want the $280 for the one plate. I could buy a whole engine and a rear end from a yard for that price. The dealer closest to my house told me closer to $400.
It like no one ever buys these parts.
I can't tell if any other vehicle ever used similar sized brakes, because the 9.5 was on many different vehicles since '67.
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This is just a shot in the dark, but would the plate off of a ram van work? If so, there are TONS of them at a few bone yards by my house. Let me know. How soon do you need it? I might be able to come across one off of a ram truck.
its a lot of work to take that part off.
You have to remove the drums, take the rear end cover off, remove the pinion bolt(5/16th I think) remove the pinion. Then push the shafts in, remove the c-clamps then remove the shafts. Then Remove the driver side brake assembly then remove the four bolts holding the backing plate on.
A lot of steps for a simple metal part. Some van brakes will work but the drum inner surface should be 11" x 2(.25 or .5). I have been trying to find out which other vehicles will work for me. Its funny how hard this part is to come by.
Of course I would have no problem paying someone for all that work.
You have to remove the drums, take the rear end cover off, remove the pinion bolt(5/16th I think) remove the pinion. Then push the shafts in, remove the c-clamps then remove the shafts. Then Remove the driver side brake assembly then remove the four bolts holding the backing plate on.
A lot of steps for a simple metal part. Some van brakes will work but the drum inner surface should be 11" x 2(.25 or .5). I have been trying to find out which other vehicles will work for me. Its funny how hard this part is to come by.
Of course I would have no problem paying someone for all that work.