The brake swap on the Durango wasn't bad, and if I were a better man I'd say that rear Durango calipers would still be better than rear Ram drums...and might well be worth the effort.

As far as front brakes, seems like a simple change up to 2500 parts.

Since I specialize in Hydroboosters for Corvettes I may have to think one into the Ram project too.

 

I have all the disc brake parts off a 02 ram 1500, they are a straight bolt in job. Thing is you need 17" rims.

 

Okay so they did rear discs on Rams about when they did on the Durango. Looks like 2002 for Rams and 2003 for Durangos.

The Durango wasn't bolt on though. The mounting flange for the caliper bracket was set out too far because drum backing plates are thinner than caliper brackets. I had to cut them off of the tube and re-weld them inward another 3/4".

It 'seemed' as though they were bolt on but when I actually tried to bolt it up I found they were not aligned because of the offset. I'd wager, unless someone tried to actually bolt it all together...that the Ram will suffer the same issue as the Durango...assuming the backing plates of the drums and discs are the same between the two models.

 

I did bolt up the one side to be sure all was going to fit and line up, and it did. The only thing I did not check was if there was going to be a master cyld problem using the disc set up. You do need to make up e brake cable brackets, new flex lines and so on.

 

I deleted the E-brake since I never use it and because it's not required by local inspections. However, since rear discs use an integrated E-brake system I don't think it would be very hard to adapt.

The soft lines were bolt in as long as they are from a vehicle with rear discs as standard.

The master would just need to be replaced to the one from the model with the rear discs.

Overall it's an easy swap, but as you mentioned, the wheel size is important. My Ram had 16" wheels, and while I want late model 20" wheels...it's a hurdle that'll stop the project until something is done concerning the wheels.